diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/scripts/makeksnet b/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/scripts/makeksnet
index 371c1e45..9b2041fb 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/scripts/makeksnet
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/scripts/makeksnet
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 import re
 import subprocess
-import yaml
+import json
 uplinkmatch = re.compile('^\s*Uplinks:\s*(.*)')
 nodename = None
 for inf in open('/etc/confluent/confluent.info', 'r').read().split('\n'):
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ for info in vswinfo.split('\n'):
     if upinfo:
         vmnic = upinfo.group(1)
 try:
-    with open('/tmp/confluentident/cnflnt.yml') as identin:
-        identcfg = yaml.safe_load(identin)
+    with open('/tmp/confluentident/cnflnt.jsn') as identin:
+        identcfg = json.load(identin)
         ncfg = identcfg['net_cfgs'][0]
         cfg['ipv4_method'] = ncfg['ipv4_method']
         cfg['ipv4_address'] = ncfg['ipv4_address'].split('/')[0]
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ if cfg['ipv4_method'] == 'static':
         netline += ' --gateway={0}'.format(cfg['ipv4_gateway'])
     if cfg['nameservers']:
         netline += ' --nameserver={0}'.format(cfg['nameservers'])
-print(netline)
\ No newline at end of file
+print(netline)