diff --git a/lib/sshyp.py b/lib/sshyp.py
index 5a3b701..a858c73 100755
--- a/lib/sshyp.py
+++ b/lib/sshyp.py
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@ def whitelist_verify(_port, _username_ssh, _ip, _client_device_id):
     except CalledProcessError:
         _i, _full_password = 0, ''
         _server_whitelist = run(['ssh', '-i', expanduser('~/.ssh/sshyp'), '-p', _port, f"{_username_ssh}@{_ip}",
-                                 'ls ~/.config/sshyp/whitelist'], stdout=PIPE, text=True).stdout.rstrip().split('\n')
+                                 f'python -c \'from os import listdir; print(*listdir("/home/{_username_ssh}'
+                                 f'/.config/sshyp/whitelist"))\''], stdout=PIPE, text=True).stdout.rstrip().split(' ')
         for _device_id in _server_whitelist:
             if _device_id == _client_device_id:
                 _quick_unlock_password = input('\nquick-unlock passphrase: ')