diff --git a/services/telegraf.nix b/services/telegraf.nix
index d6ee0c37..7424bc39 100644
--- a/services/telegraf.nix
+++ b/services/telegraf.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
       outputs = { 
         influxdb_v2 = {
           urls = [ "https://influx.sysctl.io/" ];
-          token = "${TELEGRAF_TOKEN}";
+          token = "$TELEGRAF_TOKEN";
           organization = "default";
           bucket = "telegrafdb";
-          http_headers = '{ "Authorization = Token ${TELEGRAF_TOKEN}" }';
+          http_headers = "{ \"Authorization = Token $TELEGRAF_TOKEN}" }";
         };
       };
       inputs = {