diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
index 8a381541..0ec82763 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ get_remote_apikey() {
         confluent_apikey=$(cat /etc/confluent/confluent.apikey)
         if [ -z "$confluent_apikey" ]; then
             echo "Unable to acquire node api key, set deployment.apiarmed=once on node '$nodename', retrying..."
-            if [ ! -z "$autocons" ]; then echo "Unable to acquire node api key, set deployment.apiarmed=once on node '$nodename', retrying..." > $autocons; fi
+            if [ ! -z "$autoconsdev" ]; then echo "Unable to acquire node api key, set deployment.apiarmed=once on node '$nodename', retrying..." > $autoconsdev; fi
             sleep 10
         elif [ -c /dev/tpmrm0 ]; then
             tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ echo sshd:x:30:30:SSH User:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin >> /etc/passwd
 
 if ! grep console= /proc/cmdline >& /dev/null; then
     autocons=$(/opt/confluent/bin/autocons)
+    autoconsdev=${autocons%,*}
     autocons=${autocons##*/}
     echo "Automatic console configured for $autocons"
 fi
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ while [ $ready = "0" ]; do
         confluent_mgr=${confluent_mgr#[}
         confluent_mgr=${confluent_mgr%]}
     	echo 'Failure establishing TLS conneection to '$confluent_mgr' (try `osdeploy initialize -t` on the deployment server)'
-	if [ ! -z "$autocons" ]; then echo 'Failure establishing TLS conneection to '$confluent_mgr' (try `osdeploy initialize -t` on the deployment server)' > $autocons; fi
+	if [ ! -z "$autoconsdev" ]; then echo 'Failure establishing TLS conneection to '$confluent_mgr' (try `osdeploy initialize -t` on the deployment server)' > $autoconsdev; fi
     	sleep 1
     else
         ready=1