diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 51cd7e5..38399a6 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ if [ "$1" = "--resync" ]; then
 else
   rsync -avK -e "ssh -i ~/.ssh/${IDENT}" --delete ../ ${DEST}
   if [ "$1" = "--syndicate" ] && [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    ./underbbs.sh honk "$(head -n 1 ${SITEROOT}/${TWTXT})"
+    ./underbbs.sh honk "$(cat ${SITEROOT}/${TWTXT} | head -n 1 | cut -f 2)"
   fi
 fi