diff --git a/init/freebsd b/init/freebsd
index 2878430..eeba51d 100644
--- a/init/freebsd
+++ b/init/freebsd
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ load_rc_config ${name}
 
 WGET="/usr/local/bin/wget" # You need wget for this script to safely shutdown CouchPotato.
 if [ -e "${couchpotato_conf}" ]; then
-        HOST=`cat "${couchpotato_conf}"|grep -A14 "\[core\]"|egrep "^host"|perl -wple 's/^host = (.*)$/$1/'`
-        PORT=`cat "${couchpotato_conf}"|grep -A14 "\[core\]"|egrep "^port"|perl -wple 's/^port = (.*)$/$1/'`
-        CPAPI=`cat "${couchpotato_conf}"|grep -A14 "\[core\]"|egrep "^api_key"|perl -wple 's/^api_key = (.*)$/$1/'`
+        HOST=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|egrep "^host"|perl -wple 's/^host = (.*)$/$1/'`
+        PORT=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|egrep "^port"|perl -wple 's/^port = (.*)$/$1/'`
+        CPAPI=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|egrep "^api_key"|perl -wple 's/^api_key = (.*)$/$1/'`
 fi
 
 status_cmd="${name}_status"