diff --git a/dracut/96luks-2fa/luks-2fa-generator.sh b/dracut/96luks-2fa/luks-2fa-generator.sh
index a6b16ae..37b182c 100755
--- a/dracut/96luks-2fa/luks-2fa-generator.sh
+++ b/dracut/96luks-2fa/luks-2fa-generator.sh
@@ -32,13 +32,12 @@ generate_service () {
                 printf -- "\n\n[Service]"
                 printf -- "\nType=oneshot"
                 printf -- "\nRemainAfterExit=yes"
+                printf -- "\nEnvironmentFile='%s'" "/etc/luks-2fa.conf"
                 printf -- "\nEnvironment=FIDO2LUKS_CREDENTIAL_ID='%s'" "$credential_id"
-                printf -- "\nEnvironment=FIDO2LUKS_SALT='%s'" "Ask"
-                printf -- "\nEnvironment=FIDO2LUKS_PASSWORD_HELPER='%s'" "/usr/bin/systemd-ask-password Disk 2fa password"
                 printf -- "\nKeyringMode=%s" "shared"
-		printf -- "\nExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth display-message --text \"${CON_MSG}\""
-		printf -- "\nExecStartPre=-/bin/bash -c \"while ! ${FIDO2LUKS} connected; do /usr/bin/sleep 1; done\""
-		printf -- "\nExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth hide-message --text \"${CON_MSG}\""
+		            printf -- "\nExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth display-message --text \"${CON_MSG}\""
+		            printf -- "\nExecStartPre=-/bin/bash -c \"while ! ${FIDO2LUKS} connected; do /usr/bin/sleep 1; done\""
+		            printf -- "\nExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth hide-message --text \"${CON_MSG}\""
                 printf -- "\nExecStart=/bin/bash -c \"${FIDO2LUKS} print-secret --bin | ${CRYPTSETUP} attach 'luks-%s' '/dev/disk/by-uuid/%s' '/dev/stdin'\"" "$target_uuid" "$target_uuid"
                 printf -- "\nExecStop=${CRYPTSETUP} detach 'luks-%s'" "$target_uuid"
         } > "$sd_service"
diff --git a/dracut/96luks-2fa/luks-2fa.conf b/dracut/96luks-2fa/luks-2fa.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c34bd13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dracut/96luks-2fa/luks-2fa.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FIDO2LUKS_SALT=Ask
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dracut/96luks-2fa/module-setup.sh b/dracut/96luks-2fa/module-setup.sh
index d3eb8b0..8471076 100755
--- a/dracut/96luks-2fa/module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut/96luks-2fa/module-setup.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ depends () {
 install () {
         inst "$moddir/luks-2fa-generator.sh" "/etc/systemd/system-generators/luks-2fa-generator.sh"
         inst_simple "/usr/bin/fido2luks" "/usr/bin/fido2luks"
+        inst_simple "$moddir/luks-2fa.conf" "/etc/luks-2fa.conf"
         inst "$systemdutildir/systemd-cryptsetup"
         mkdir -p "$initdir/luks-2fa"
 
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index fa3ef5a..a716bb7 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,13 @@ pub struct SecretGeneration {
     /// FIDO credential id, generate using fido2luks credential
     #[structopt(name = "credential-id", env = "FIDO2LUKS_CREDENTIAL_ID")]
     pub credential_id: String,
-    /// Salt for secret generation, defaults to Password
-    #[structopt(name = "salt", env = "FIDO2LUKS_SALT", default_value = "Ask")]
+    /// Salt for secret generation, defaults to 'ask'
+    ///
+    /// Options:{n}
+    ///  - ask              : Promt user using password helper{n}
+    ///  - file:<PATH>      : Will read <FILE>{n}
+    ///  - string:<STRING>  : Will use <STRING>, which will be handled like a password provided to the 'ask' option{n}
+    #[structopt(name = "salt", env = "FIDO2LUKS_SALT", default_value = "ask")]
     pub salt: InputSalt,
     /// Script used to obtain passwords, overridden by --interactive flag
     #[structopt(
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index a3dde17..5dcabdb 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub enum InputSalt {
     AskPassword,
+    String(String),
     File { path: PathBuf },
-    Both { path: PathBuf },
 }
 
 impl Default for InputSalt {
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ impl Default for InputSalt {
 
 impl From<&str> for InputSalt {
     fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
-        if PathBuf::from(s).exists() && s != "Ask" {
-            InputSalt::File { path: s.into() }
-        } else {
-            InputSalt::AskPassword
+        let mut parts = s.split(":").into_iter();
+        match parts.next() {
+            Some("ask") | Some("Ask") => InputSalt::AskPassword,
+            Some("file") => InputSalt::File {
+                path: parts.collect::<Vec<_>>().join(":").into(),
+            },
+            Some("string") => InputSalt::String(parts.collect::<Vec<_>>().join(":")),
+            _ => Self::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -45,8 +49,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for InputSalt {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
         f.write_str(&match self {
             InputSalt::AskPassword => "ask".to_string(),
-            InputSalt::File { path } => path.display().to_string(),
-            InputSalt::Both { path } => ["ask", path.display().to_string().as_str()].join(" + "),
+            InputSalt::String(s) => ["string", s].join(":"),
+            InputSalt::File { path } => ["file", path.display().to_string().as_str()].join(":"),
         })
     }
 }
@@ -73,10 +77,7 @@ impl InputSalt {
             InputSalt::AskPassword => {
                 digest.input(password_helper.obtain()?.as_bytes());
             }
-            InputSalt::Both { path } => {
-                digest.input(&InputSalt::AskPassword.obtain(password_helper)?);
-                digest.input(&InputSalt::File { path: path.clone() }.obtain(password_helper)?)
-            }
+            InputSalt::String(s) => digest.input(s.as_bytes()),
         }
         let mut salt = [0u8; 32];
         digest.result(&mut salt);
@@ -148,3 +149,25 @@ impl PasswordHelper {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn input_salt_from_str() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            "file:/tmp/abc".parse::<InputSalt>().unwrap(),
+            InputSalt::File {
+                path: "/tmp/abc".into()
+            }
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            "string:abc".parse::<InputSalt>().unwrap(),
+            InputSalt::String("abc".into())
+        );
+        assert_eq!("ask".parse::<InputSalt>().unwrap(), InputSalt::AskPassword);
+        assert_eq!("lol".parse::<InputSalt>().unwrap(), InputSalt::default());
+    }
+}