diff --git a/deploy/cleverreach.sh b/deploy/cleverreach.sh
index bf16ed34..c22e69e1 100644
--- a/deploy/cleverreach.sh
+++ b/deploy/cleverreach.sh
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ cleverreach_deploy() {
 
   _info "Uploading certificate and key to CleverReach"
 
-  _certData="{\"cert\":\"$(cat $_cfullchain | _json_encode)\", \"key\":\"$(cat $_ckey | _json_encode)\"}"
+  _certData="{\"cert\":\"$(_json_encode < "$_cfullchain")\", \"key\":\"$(_json_encode < "$_ckey")\"}"
   export _H1="Authorization: Bearer ${_access_token}"
   _add_cert_result="$(_post "$_certData" "https://rest.cleverreach.com/v3/ssl/${_cdomain}" "" "POST" "application/json")"
 
   _debug "Destroying token at CleverReach"
-  _post "" "https://rest.cleverreach.com/v3/oauth/token.json" "" "DELETE" "application/json"  
+  _post "" "https://rest.cleverreach.com/v3/oauth/token.json" "" "DELETE" "application/json"
 
   if ! echo "$_add_cert_result" | grep '"error":' >/dev/null; then
     _info "Uploaded certificate successfully"