diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index 1dcd301..02d588c 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@
       shell: |
         sshpass -p '{{ dev1_pass }}' ssh {{ ssh_opts_common }} \
         "{{ dev1_user }}@{{ ansible_host|default(inventory_hostname) }}" \
-        "grep -E '\"auto_ssid\":' /tmp/config.json 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | awk -F: '{print \$2}' | tr -d '[:space:],\"' || true"
+        "grep -E '\"auto_ssid\":' /tmp/config.json 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | sed -nE 's/^[[:space:]]*\"auto_ssid\"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(true|false)[[:space:]]*,?[[:space:]]*$/\1/p' || true"
       register: auto_ssid_raw
       changed_when: false
       failed_when: false