diff --git a/registry/coder/modules/dotfiles/main.tf b/registry/coder/modules/dotfiles/main.tf
index fbf395df..5b0c656c 100644
--- a/registry/coder/modules/dotfiles/main.tf
+++ b/registry/coder/modules/dotfiles/main.tf
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ resource "coder_app" "dotfiles" {
   icon         = "/icon/dotfiles.svg"
   order        = var.order
   group        = var.group
-  command = "/bin/bash -c ${jsonencode(templatefile("${path.module}/run.sh", {
+  command = "/bin/bash -c \"$(echo ${base64encode(templatefile("${path.module}/run.sh", {
     DOTFILES_URI : local.dotfiles_uri,
     DOTFILES_USER : local.user
-  }))}"
+  }))} | base64 -d)\""
 }
 
 output "dotfiles_uri" {