diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient b/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
index f808ff0b..a22f9efd 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class HTTPSClient(client.HTTPConnection, object):
                 for line in info:
                     if line.startswith('deploy_server: ') or line.startswith('deploy_server_v6: '):
                         self.hosts.append(line.split(': ', 1)[1])
-        self.stdheaders['CONFLUENT_APIKEY'] = get_apikey(node, self.hosts)
+        self.stdheaders['CONFLUENT_APIKEY'] = get_apikey(node, self.hosts, errout=self.errout)
         if mgtiface:
             self.stdheaders['CONFLUENT_MGTIFACE'] = mgtiface
         self.port = port
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class HTTPSClient(client.HTTPConnection, object):
                 with open('/etc/confluent/confluent.apikey', 'w+') as akfile:
                     akfile.write('')
                 self.stdheaders['CONFLUENT_APIKEY'] = get_apikey(
-                    self.node, [self.host])
+                    self.node, [self.host], errout=self.errout)
         raise Exception(rsp.read())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':