diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/firmitas/tasks/create-firmitas-configuration-secret.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/firmitas/tasks/create-firmitas-configuration-secret.yml
index 21d575dd89..1830ba906d 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/firmitas/tasks/create-firmitas-configuration-secret.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/firmitas/tasks/create-firmitas-configuration-secret.yml
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@
   tags:
     - firmitas-configuration-secret
 
-- name: read remote values.txt
-  register: firmitas_myconfig_py_file
-  ansible.builtin.slurp:
-    src: "/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/myconfig.py"
+#- name: read remote values.txt
+#  register: firmitas_myconfig_py_file
+#  ansible.builtin.slurp:
+#    src: "/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/myconfig.py"
 
-- name: read remote values.txt
-  register: firmitas_certlist_yml_file
-  ansible.builtin.slurp:
-    src: "/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/certlist.yml"
+#- name: read remote values.txt
+#  register: firmitas_certlist_yml_file
+#  ansible.builtin.slurp:
+#    src: "/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/certlist.yml"
 
 
 # Create the Secret from this file
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
     src: "secret-configuration.yml"
     dest: "/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/secret-configuration.yml"
     mode: 0600
+  vars:
+    firmitas_myconfig_py_file:
+      "{{ lookup('file',
+      '/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/myconfig.py')
+      }}"
+    firmitas_certlist_yml_file:
+      "{{ lookup('file',
+      '/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/firmitas/certlist.yml')
+      }}"
+
 
 # apply the openshift resources
 - name: oc apply resources