diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index c2e2657..7ba26c0 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@
           sshpass -f "{{ dev2_passfile_used }}" ssh {{ ssh_opts_common }} \
             -o ConnectTimeout={{ ssh_timeout }} \
             -p "$PORT" "{{ dev2_ssh_user }}@127.0.0.1" \
-            "cat /tmp/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep -i block -A2 | grep enab | head -n1 || true"
+            "grep -i block -A2 /tmp/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep enab | head -n1 | grep -Eo 'true|false' | head -n1 || true"
           exit 0
         fi
 
@@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@
             -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o PubkeyAuthentication=no \
             -o ConnectTimeout=15 \
             "{{ dev2_ssh_user }}@{{ lldp_dev2_ip }}" \
-            "cat /tmp/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep -i block -A2 | grep enab | head -n1 || true"
+            "grep -i block -A2 /tmp/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep enab | head -n1 | grep -Eo 'true|false' | head -n1 || true"
           exit 0
         fi
 
@@ -2682,7 +2682,7 @@
                -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o PubkeyAuthentication=no \
                -o ConnectTimeout={{ ssh_timeout }} \
                '{{ dev2_ssh_user }}@\[${IP6}%{{ dev1_iface }}\]' \
-               \"cat /tmp/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep -i block -A2 | grep enab | head -n1 || true\""
+               \"grep -i block -A2 /tmp/config.json 2>/dev/null | grep enab | head -n1 | grep -Eo 'true|false' | head -n1 || true\""
           exit 0
         fi
 
@@ -2700,13 +2700,11 @@
         payredirect_raw_clean: "{{ dev2_payredirect_raw.stdout | default('') | trim | lower }}"
       set_fact:
         payredirect_value: >-
-          {%- if ('\"enabled\"' in payredirect_raw_clean) and ('true' in payredirect_raw_clean) -%}
-            true
-          {%- elif ('\"enabled\"' in payredirect_raw_clean) and ('false' in payredirect_raw_clean) -%}
-            false
-          {%- else -%}
-            na
-          {%- endif -%}
+          {{
+            payredirect_raw_clean
+            if payredirect_raw_clean in ['true', 'false']
+            else 'na'
+          }}
       changed_when: false
 
     - name: Dev2 | payredirect debug