diff --git a/sos/sos b/sos/sos
index ef74922..1fee1c6 100755
--- a/sos/sos
+++ b/sos/sos
@@ -54,13 +54,12 @@ function upload() {
     TARGET_URL="https://$server/upload"
     echo "Uploading $file to $TARGET_URL"
 
-    METADATA_JSON=$(cat<<EOF
+read -r -d '' METADATA_JSON <<EOF
 {
   "labeltags": ["$label"],
   "description": "Uploaded by sos"
 }
 EOF
-)
 
     echo "Metadata:"
     echo "$METADATA_JSON | jq"