diff --git a/tasks/setupacdc.yml b/tasks/setupacdc.yml
index 5477c2e..5022b64 100644
--- a/tasks/setupacdc.yml
+++ b/tasks/setupacdc.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
       changed_when: "'status: stopped' in pct_status.stdout"
 
     - name: Wait until container has an IP address
-      ansible.builtin.command: "pct exec {{ container_id }} -- hostname -I | awk '{print $1}'"
+      ansible.builtin.shell: "pct exec {{ container_id }} -- hostname -I | awk '{print $1}'"
       register: lxc_ip
       until: lxc_ip.stdout != ""
       retries: 10