diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/contactdb-serve.conf.erb b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/contactdb-serve.conf.erb
index 75641b9..4de83db 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/contactdb-serve.conf.erb
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/contactdb-serve.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "libpg conninfo": "host=localhost dbname=contactdb user=<%- @db_user %> password=<%- @db_pass %>",
+  "libpg conninfo": "host=localhost dbname=contactdb user=<%= @db_user %> password=<%= @db_pass %>",
   "logging_level": "DEBUG"
 }
diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/eventdb-serve.conf.erb b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/eventdb-serve.conf.erb
index 18aaa2d..e41fcad 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/eventdb-serve.conf.erb
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/eventdb-serve.conf.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "libpg conninfo": "host=localhost dbname=eventdb user=<%- @db_user %> password=<%- @db_pass %>",
+  "libpg conninfo": "host=localhost dbname=eventdb user=<%= @db_user %> password=<%= @db_pass %>",
   "logging_level": "DEBUG"
 }
 
diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/tickets-serve.conf.erb b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/tickets-serve.conf.erb
index 18aaa2d..e41fcad 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/tickets-serve.conf.erb
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/intelmq/tickets-serve.conf.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "libpg conninfo": "host=localhost dbname=eventdb user=<%- @db_user %> password=<%- @db_pass %>",
+  "libpg conninfo": "host=localhost dbname=eventdb user=<%= @db_user %> password=<%= @db_pass %>",
   "logging_level": "DEBUG"
 }