diff --git a/terraform/create_service_account.sh b/terraform/create_service_account.sh
index d69a90796..0ac5b0844 100755
--- a/terraform/create_service_account.sh
+++ b/terraform/create_service_account.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ cf create-service cloud-gov-service-account $role $service 1>&2
 cf create-service-key $service service-account-key 1>&2
 
 # output service key to stdout in secrets.auto.tfvars format
-creds=`cf service-key $service service-account-key | tail -n 4`
+creds=`cf service-key $service service-account-key | tail -n +2 | jq '.credentials'`
 username=`echo $creds | jq -r '.username'`
 password=`echo $creds | jq -r '.password'`