diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs b/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
index 0512d455..7a13b78b 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ function create_tahoelafs_client {
 
 function tahoelafs_parse_furl {
     furl="$1"
-    furl_1=$(cat "$furl" | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}')
-    furl_2=$(cat "$furl" | awk -F ':' '{print $5}')
+    furl_1=$(echo "${furl}" | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}')
+    furl_2=$(echo "${furl}" | awk -F ':' '{print $5}')
     echo "${furl_1}:${furl_2}"
 }