diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/cdn/files/db/init-cdn-db.sh b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/cdn/files/db/init-cdn-db.sh
index e168680..3584c07 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/cdn/files/db/init-cdn-db.sh
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/cdn/files/db/init-cdn-db.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 . /conf/init-cdn-db.conf
 
 psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-EOSQL
-	CREATE USER cdn WITH PASSWORD \'"$cdn_password"\';
+	CREATE USER cdn WITH PASSWORD '$cdn_password';
 	CREATE DATABASE cdn;
 	GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE cdn TO cdn;
 EOSQL