diff --git a/playbooks/planka.yml b/playbooks/planka.yml
index 33d6e64..ba564e0 100644
--- a/playbooks/planka.yml
+++ b/playbooks/planka.yml
@@ -78,11 +78,13 @@
       ansible.builtin.slurp:
         src: "{{ planka_stack_dir }}/.secrets"
       register: _secrets_file
+      when: not ansible_check_mode
 
     - name: Parse secret values
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         planka_secret_key: "{{ (_secrets_file.content | b64decode).split('\n') | select('match', '^SECRET_KEY=') | first | regex_replace('^SECRET_KEY=', '') }}"
         planka_access_token: "{{ (_secrets_file.content | b64decode).split('\n') | select('match', '^INTERNAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=') | first | regex_replace('^INTERNAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=', '') }}"
+      when: not ansible_check_mode
 
     - name: Deploy compose.yaml
       ansible.builtin.template: