diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu20.04-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu20.04-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
index ff59ddb1..8f2f4701 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu20.04-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu20.04-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ fi
 loopdev=$(losetup -f)
 export mountsrc=$loopdev
 losetup -r $loopdev /mnt/remoteimg/rootimg.sfs
+confluent_nodename=$(grep ^NODENAME: /etc/confluent/confluent.info |awk '{print $2}')
 if grep '^Format: confluent_crypted' /tmp/rootimg.info > /dev/null; then
     while ! curl -sf -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $confluent_nodename" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $(cat /etc/confluent/confluent.apikey)" https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-api/self/profileprivate/pending/rootimg.key > /tmp/rootimg.key; do
         echo "Unable to retrieve private key from $confluent_mgr (verify that confluent can access /var/lib/confluent/private/os/$confluent_profile/pending/rootimg.key)"