diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 6b35990..b27a4bd 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ steps:
 - name: prereq
   image: cburki/mosquitto-clients
   commands:
-    - echo mosquitto_sub -h mqtt.ctdo.de -t "homie/$hostname/\$localip" -C 1
-    - lastknownip=$(mosquitto_sub -h mqtt.ctdo.de -t "homie/$hostname/\$localip" -C 1)
+#    - echo mosquitto_sub -h mqtt.ctdo.de -t "homie/$hostname/\$localip" -C 1
+    - mosquitto_sub -h mqtt.ctdo.de -t "homie/$hostname/\$localip" -C 1 | tr -d '\n' >/tmp/lastknownip
   environment:
     hostname:
       from_secret: hostname
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ steps:
     - sed -i "s/WIFIPASS/$iotpwd/" data/homie/config.json 
     - sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/$hostname/g" data/homie/config.json 
     - sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/$hostname/g" data/homie/config.json 
-    - echo $lastknownip
+    - lastknownip=$(cat /tmp/lastknownip)
     - sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/$lastknownip/g" platformio.ini
     - cat data/homie/config.json
     - cat platformio.ini