diff --git a/lib/facter/eypconf_generic_id.rb b/lib/facter/eypconf_generic_id.rb
index ac776e8..d297fac 100644
--- a/lib/facter/eypconf_generic_id.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/eypconf_generic_id.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Dir.entries("/etc/eypconf/id").select {|f| !File.directory? f}.each do |i|
 
-  genetic_id = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('cat |i|').to_s
+  genetic_id = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('bash -c \'cat |i|\'').to_s
 
   unless genetic_id.nil? or genetic_id.empty?
     Facter.add('eypconf_|i|') do