diff --git a/openvpn/vpnbook/configure-openvpn.sh b/openvpn/vpnbook/configure-openvpn.sh
index 29ecba679..96b7f4ef5 100755
--- a/openvpn/vpnbook/configure-openvpn.sh
+++ b/openvpn/vpnbook/configure-openvpn.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ curl -s -X POST --header "apikey: 5a64d478-9c89-43d8-88e3-c65de9999580" \
     -F 'detectOrientation=false' \
     -F 'isTable=false' \
     "https://api.ocr.space/parse/image" -o /tmp/vpnbook_pwd
-export OPENVPN_PASSWORD=$(cat /tmp/vpnbook_pwd  | awk -F',' '{ print $1 }' | awk -F':' '{print $NF}' | tr -d '"')
\ No newline at end of file
+export OPENVPN_PASSWORD=$(awk -F',' '{ print $1 }' /tmp/vpnbook_pwd | awk -F':' '{print $NF}' | tr -d '"')