diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs b/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
index 24df909b..0512d455 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
@@ -490,8 +490,16 @@ function create_tahoelafs_client {
     sed -i 's|tub.location =.*|tub.location = disabled|g' $client_dir/tahoe.cfg
 }
 
+function tahoelafs_parse_furl {
+    furl="$1"
+    furl_1=$(cat "$furl" | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}')
+    furl_2=$(cat "$furl" | awk -F ':' '{print $5}')
+    echo "${furl_1}:${furl_2}"
+}
+
 function get_tahoelafs_furl {
-    echo "$(cat /home/tahoelafs/storage/private/storage.furl)"
+    furl="$(cat /home/tahoelafs/storage/private/storage.furl)"
+    echo "$(tahoelafs_parse_furl \"$furl\")"
 }
 
 function get_tahoelafs_nick {