diff --git a/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf b/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
index 52d3613a3..d72052a01 100644
--- a/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
+++ b/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {%- set role = grains.id.split('_') | last %}
 
 {%- set influxpass = salt['pillar.get']('secrets:influx_pass') %}
-{%- set influxauth = 'so:' + influxpass | base64 %}
+{%- set influxauth = ('so:' + influxpass) | base64_encode %}
 
 worker_processes auto;
 error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
diff --git a/salt/nginx/init.sls b/salt/nginx/init.sls
index eac0e9ac8..d6839814f 100644
--- a/salt/nginx/init.sls
+++ b/salt/nginx/init.sls
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ nginxconf:
     - group: 939
     - template: jinja
     - source: salt://nginx/etc/nginx.conf
+    - show_changes: False
 
 nginxlogdir:
   file.directory: