diff --git a/vcluster/update-argo-cluster-connection-token.sh b/vcluster/update-argo-cluster-connection-token.sh
index 9d6a4efb..338e94ac 100755
--- a/vcluster/update-argo-cluster-connection-token.sh
+++ b/vcluster/update-argo-cluster-connection-token.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ name=$1
 cluster=$name-vcluster
 shift
 
-token=$(kubectl get secret --context $cluster -n kube-system admin-token -o json | jq .data.token | tr -d '"')
+token=$(kubectl get secret --context $cluster -n kube-system admin-token -o json | jq .data.token | tr -d '"' | base64 -d)
 config=$(echo "{\"bearerToken\": \"$token\", \"tlsClientConfig\": { \"insecure\" : true }}" | base64 -w0)
 $k patch -n argocd secret cluster-$cluster -p "{\"data\":{\"config\":\"$config\"}}"