diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/kickstart b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/kickstart
index b7052bcd..0fc20d83 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/kickstart
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/kickstart
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ fi
 if [ -z "$confluent_mgr" ]; then
     confluent_mgr=$(grep ^deploy_server_v6: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
     confluent_mgr=${confluent_mgr#deploy_server_v6: }
-    confluent_mgr="[$confluent_mgr]"
+    if [ -z "$confluent_mgr" ]; then
+        confluent_mgr=$(grep ^deploy_server: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
+        confluent_mgr=${confluent_mgr#deploy_server: }
+    else
+        confluent_mgr="[$confluent_mgr]"
+    fi
 fi
 confluent_profile=$(grep ^profile: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg |awk '{print $2}')
 curl -f https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/pre.sh > /tmp/preinst.sh