diff --git a/modules/server/containers/apps/gitea.nix b/modules/server/containers/apps/gitea.nix
index 2d49f3d..eaf97aa 100644
--- a/modules/server/containers/apps/gitea.nix
+++ b/modules/server/containers/apps/gitea.nix
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ in {
       PSQL="${pkgs.postgresql}/bin/psql -U postgres"
       TOKEN_STRING="$HOMEPAGE_VAR_GITEA_API"
       SALT=$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cat /dev/urandom | ${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/head -c 10)
-      COMBINED_STRING="\${SALT}\${TOKEN_STRING}"
+      COMBINED_STRING="''${SALT}''${TOKEN_STRING}"
       HASH=$(echo -n "$COMBINED_STRING" | ${pkgs.openssl}/bin/openssl dgst -sha256 | ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cut -d' ' -f2)
-      LAST_8="\${TOKEN_STRING: -8}"
+      LAST_8="''${TOKEN_STRING: -8}"
       NOW=$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/date +%s)
       $PSQL -d "gitea_db" -e \
         "INSERT INTO access_token (uid, name, token_hash, token_salt, token_last_eight, created_unix, updated_unix) \