diff --git a/cookbooks/nomad/setup.rb b/cookbooks/nomad/setup.rb
index 3a26a5f..100a9b3 100644
--- a/cookbooks/nomad/setup.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/nomad/setup.rb
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ end
 
 if node['nomad']['client']
   %w( /etc/nomad.d/client.hcl  ).each do |conf|
-    remote_file conf do
+    template conf do
       owner 'nomad'
       group 'nomad'
       mode '664'
 
+      variables(consul-token: node['nomad']['consul-token'])
+
       notifies :restart, 'service[nomad]'
     end
   end