diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/initramfs/scripts/casper-bottom/99confluent b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/initramfs/scripts/casper-bottom/99confluent
index c90d507b..ef385a30 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/initramfs/scripts/casper-bottom/99confluent
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/initramfs/scripts/casper-bottom/99confluent
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ MGR=$(grep ^MANAGER: /custom-installation/confluent/confluent.info|head -n 1| aw
 MGTIFACE=$(grep $MGR /custom-installation/confluent/confluent.info | grep ^EXTMGRINFO: | head -n 1 | awk -F'|' '{print $2}')
 oum=$(umask)
 umask 077
+deploycfg=/root/custom-installation/confluent/confluent.deploycfg
+netcfgfile=$deploycfg
 if [ -e /tmp/cnflnthmackeytmp ]; then
+    netcfgfile=/tmp/idnttmp
     hmackeyfile=/tmp/cnflnthmackeytmp
     #echo -n $(grep ^apitoken: /tmp/identdata/cnflnt.yml|awk '{print $2}') > $hmackeyfile
     passfile=/tmp/cnflnttmppassfile
@@ -26,7 +29,6 @@ else
     chroot . custom-installation/confluent/bin/clortho $NODENAME $MGR > /root/custom-installation/confluent/confluent.apikey
     MGR=[$MGR]
 fi
-deploycfg=/root/custom-installation/confluent/confluent.deploycfg
 if [ -z "$MGTIFACE" ]; then
 	chroot . usr/bin/curl -f -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $NODENAME" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $(cat /root//custom-installation/confluent/confluent.apikey)" https://${MGR}/confluent-api/self/deploycfg > $deploycfg
 else
@@ -36,20 +38,20 @@ umask $oum
 nic=$(grep ^MANAGER /custom-installation/confluent/confluent.info|grep fe80::|sed -e s/.*%//|head -n 1)
 nic=$(ip link |grep ^$nic:|awk '{print $2}')
 DEVICE=${nic%:}
-ipv4m=$(grep ^ipv4_method $deploycfg|awk '{print$2}')
+ipv4m=$(grep ^ipv4_method $netcfgfile|awk '{print$2}')
 . /scripts/functions
 if [ "$ipv4m" = "dhcp" ]; then
     IP=dhcp
     configure_networking
 elif [ "$ipv4m" = "static" ]; then
-    v4addr=$(grep ^ipv4_address: $deploycfg)
+    v4addr=$(grep ^ipv4_address: $netcfgfile)
     v4addr=${v4addr#ipv4_address: }
-    v4gw=$(grep ^ipv4_gateway: $deploycfg)
+    v4gw=$(grep ^ipv4_gateway: $netcfgfile)
     v4gw=${v4gw#ipv4_gateway: }
     if [ "$v4gw" = "null" ]; then
         v4gw=""
     fi
-    v4nm=$(grep ipv4_netmask: $deploycfg)
+    v4nm=$(grep ipv4_netmask: $netcfgfile)
     v4nm=${v4nm#ipv4_netmask: }
     dnsdomain=$(grep ^dnsdomain: $deploycfg)
     dnsdomain=${dnsdomain#dnsdomain: }