diff --git a/snap/hooks/configure b/snap/hooks/configure
index bfcd8309d65c7a..2a3d97eb4ba127 100755
--- a/snap/hooks/configure
+++ b/snap/hooks/configure
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ if [[ -z "$mode" ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+num_tokens="$(snapctl get num-tokens)"
 public_ip="$(snapctl get public-ip)"
-$SNAP/bin/setup.sh -n "$(snapctl get num-tokens)" -p ${public_ip:+-p $public_ip}
+$SNAP/bin/setup.sh ${num_tokens:+-n $num_tokens} ${public_ip:+-p $public_ip}
 
 case $mode in
 leader+drone)