diff --git a/roles/create-epc/defaults/main.yml b/roles/create-epc/defaults/main.yml
index 542f13d..13a4aec 100644
--- a/roles/create-epc/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/create-epc/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 # roles/create-epc/defaults/main.yml
 
+head_credentials_dir: "/opt/credentials"
+
 xos_admin_user: "xosadmin@opencord.org"
-xos_admin_pass: "{{ lookup('password', '/opt/credentials/xosadmin@opencord.org') }}"
-epc_blueprint: "build"
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+head_xos_admin_pass: "{{ lookup('file', head_credentials_dir ~ '/' ~ xos_admin_user) }}"
+
+epc_blueprint: "build"
diff --git a/roles/create-epc/tasks/main.yml b/roles/create-epc/tasks/main.yml
index ddad05f..fca4c96 100644
--- a/roles/create-epc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/create-epc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   uri:
     url: http://localhost/xosapi/v1/vepc/vepcserviceinstances
     user: "{{ xos_admin_user }}"
-    password: "{{ xos_admin_pass }}"
+    password: "{{ head_xos_admin_pass }}"
     return_content: yes
   register: result
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   uri:
     url: http://localhost/xosapi/v1/vepc/vepcservices
     user: "{{ xos_admin_user }}"
-    password: "{{ xos_admin_pass }}"
+    password: "{{ head_xos_admin_pass }}"
     return_content: yes
   register: vepcservice
   when: not result.json["items"]
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   uri:
     url: http://localhost/xosapi/v1/vepc/vepcserviceinstances
     user: "{{ xos_admin_user }}"
-    password: "{{ xos_admin_pass }}"
+    password: "{{ head_xos_admin_pass }}"
     method: POST
     body:
       blueprint: "{{ epc_blueprint }}"