diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh
index c626b9eb..9c8607d5 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.hsmtool.sh
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ function decryptHSMsecret() {
       echo "# using the password from parameter"
     elif [ -f $passwordFile ];then
       echo "# Getting the password from $passwordFile"
-      password=$(cat sudo cat $passwordFile)
+      password=$(sudo cat $passwordFile)
     else
       passwordToFile
-      password=$(cat sudo cat $passwordFile)
+      password=$(sudo cat $passwordFile)
     fi
     if echo "${password}" | sudo -u bitcoin lightning-hsmtool decrypt \
      "$hsmSecretPath"; then