diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
index ba04be34..80fc4d80 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ class eidas_proxy($hostname,$country) {
    $proxy_service_cookie_encrypt_pw = safe_hiera('proxy_service_cookie_encrypt_pw',NOT_SET);
    file {['/etc/eidas-proxy/',"/etc/eidas-proxy/$country"]: ensure => directory } ->
    sunet::snippets::secret_file {"/etc/eidas-proxy/$country/nodeKeyStore.jks":
-      hiera_key => 'eidas_proxy_keystore'
+      hiera_key => 'eidas_proxy_keystore',
+      base64    => true
    } ->
    sunet::docker_run {'eidas_proxy':
       image    => 'docker.sunet.se/eidas-proxy',