diff --git a/lib/plane.sh b/lib/plane.sh
index 32a85f8..08fc257 100644
--- a/lib/plane.sh
+++ b/lib/plane.sh
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ EOF
 	PROFILE_UUID=$(random xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
 	SIGNUP_UUID=$(random xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
 	TOKEN=$(random xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
-	ADMINPASS=$(grep ADMINPASS= /var/lib/cloud/instances/[0-9]*/cloud-config.txt |cut -d= -f2- |tr -d \")
+	ADMINPASS=$(grep ADMINPASS= /var/lib/cloud/instances/[0-9]*/cloud-config.txt |cut -d= -f2- |cut -d'"' -f2 |tr -d '\\')
 	ENCODED_PASSWORD=$(python3 -c "from passlib.hash import django_pbkdf2_sha256; print(django_pbkdf2_sha256.hash('$ADMINPASS'))")
 	# FIXME don't hardcode 0.24.0
 	cat >/federated/apps/postgresql/data/var/lib/postgresql/data/plane-initial-user.sql <<EOF