diff --git a/deploy/docker.sh b/deploy/docker.sh
index 06d79855..451d5d00 100755
--- a/deploy/docker.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ docker_deploy() {
   _getdeployconf DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_RELOAD_CMD
   _debug2 DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_RELOAD_CMD "$DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_RELOAD_CMD"
   if [ "$DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_RELOAD_CMD" ]; then
-    _savedeployconf DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_RELOAD_CMD "$DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_RELOAD_CMD"
+    _savedeployconf DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_RELOAD_CMD "$DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_RELOAD_CMD" "base64"
   fi
 
   _cid="$(_get_id "$DEPLOY_DOCKER_CONTAINER_LABEL")"