diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/crowdsec.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/crowdsec.nix
index 7d89659f5dd1..78d861604dad 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/crowdsec.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/crowdsec.nix
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ in
       ++ lib.optionals (cfg.settings.console.tokenFile != null) [
         ''
           if [ ! -e "${cfg.settings.console.tokenFile}" ]; then
-            ${lib.getExe cscli} console enroll "$(cat ${cfg.settings.console.tokenFile})" --name ${cfg.name}
+            ${lib.getExe cscli} console enroll "$(${lib.getExe' pkgs.coreutils "cat"} ${cfg.settings.console.tokenFile})" --name ${cfg.name}
           fi
         ''
       ];