diff --git a/salt/thehive/scripts/cortex_init b/salt/thehive/scripts/cortex_init
index 0ec8785f2..e7f78400e 100644
--- a/salt/thehive/scripts/cortex_init
+++ b/salt/thehive/scripts/cortex_init
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ cortex_clean(){
 
 cortex_init(){
     CORTEX_URL="{{URLBASE}}/cortex"
-    CORTEX_API_URL="{{CORTEX_URL}}/api"
+    CORTEX_API_URL="$CORTEX_URL/api"
     CORTEX_USER="{{CORTEXUSER}}"
     CORTEX_PASSWORD="{{CORTEXPASSWORD}}"
     CORTEX_KEY="{{CORTEXKEY}}"