diff --git a/playbook.yml b/playbook.yml
index 3d75dc8..d573403 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbook.yml
@@ -108,9 +108,19 @@
       K3S_TOKEN: "{{ cluster.mastertoken | default('', true) }}"
       K3S_URL: "{{ cluster.apiurl | default('', true) }}"
 
-  - name: Retrieve token & reference new cluster
-    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-      cluster: "{{ cluster | combine( { 'mastertoken': \"{{ lookup('file', '/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/token') }}\" }, { 'apiurl': \"https://{{ cluster.virtualip | ansible.utils.ipaddr('address') }}:6443\" } ) }}"
+  - name: Reference new cluster
+    block:
+
+    - name: Retrieve token
+      ansible.builtin.slurp:
+        src: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/token
+      register: k3s_token
+
+    - ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: k3s_token
+
+    - name: Add to dictionary
+      cluster: "{{ cluster | combine( { 'mastertoken': k3s_token }, { 'apiurl': \"https://{{ cluster.virtualip | ansible.utils.ipaddr('address') }}:6443\" } ) }}"
     when: cluster.mastertoken is not defined
 
   - ansible.builtin.debug: