diff --git a/tasks/debian/main.yml b/tasks/debian/main.yml
index 09484e1..728af35 100644
--- a/tasks/debian/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/debian/main.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 - name: ZoneMinder | Debian | Pulling existing database password
   ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: "cat /etc/zm/conf.d/custom_db.conf | grep 'ZM_DB_PASS' | cut -d '=' -f2"
+    cmd: "cat /etc/zm/conf.d/custom_db.conf | grep 'ZM_DB_PASS' | cut -d '=' -f2-"
   register: zm_db_pwd
   when: zm_db_cnf_file.stat.exists
   check_mode: false