diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/secret_modules/password_store.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/secret_modules/password_store.py
index ad76e6f3e..f40aab411 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/secret_modules/password_store.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/secret_modules/password_store.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class SecretStore(StoreBase):
                             output_dir / "activation" / generator.name / file.name
                         )
                         out_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-                        out_file.write_bytes(self.get(generator, file.name))
+                        out_file.write_bytes(file.value)
         if "partitioning" in phases:
             for generator in vars_generators:
                 for file in generator.files:
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class SecretStore(StoreBase):
                             output_dir / "partitioning" / generator.name / file.name
                         )
                         out_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-                        out_file.write_bytes(self.get(generator, file.name))
+                        out_file.write_bytes(file.value)
 
         hash_data = self.generate_hash(machine)
         if hash_data:
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/secret_modules/sops.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/secret_modules/sops.py
index c09358d10..1e3b8a860 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/secret_modules/sops.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vars/secret_modules/sops.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class SecretStore(StoreBase):
                         )
                         # chmod after in case it doesn't have u+w
                         target_path.touch(mode=0o600)
-                        target_path.write_bytes(self.get(generator, file.name))
+                        target_path.write_bytes(file.value)
                         target_path.chmod(file.mode)
 
         if "partitioning" in phases:
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class SecretStore(StoreBase):
                         )
                         # chmod after in case it doesn't have u+w
                         target_path.touch(mode=0o600)
-                        target_path.write_bytes(self.get(generator, file.name))
+                        target_path.write_bytes(file.value)
                         target_path.chmod(file.mode)
 
     @override