diff --git a/backupninja/files/duplicity_salt.sh b/backupninja/files/duplicity_salt.sh
index a03e792..3b28fc1 100644
--- a/backupninja/files/duplicity_salt.sh
+++ b/backupninja/files/duplicity_salt.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     exec /usr/bin/sudo $0 $*
 fi
 
-DUPLICITY_ARGS="--progress $(grep -E '^options\ ?=' /etc/backup.d/200.backup.dup |cut -d = -f 2)"
-BACKUP_URL="$(grep -E '^desturl\ ?=' /etc/backup.d/200.backup.dup |cut -d = -f 2)"
+DUPLICITY_ARGS="--progress $(grep -E '^options\ ?=' /etc/backup.d/200.backup.dup | sed 's,options[\ ]*=[\ ]*,,g')"
+BACKUP_URL="$(grep -E '^desturl\ ?=' /etc/backup.d/200.backup.dup | sed 's,desturl[\ ]*=[\ ]*,,g')"
 
 while getopts :f:d:v: opt; do
     case "$opt" in