diff --git a/internal/flags/flags.go b/internal/flags/flags.go
index 596626a..c7e485c 100644
--- a/internal/flags/flags.go
+++ b/internal/flags/flags.go
@@ -390,16 +390,14 @@ func GetSecretsFromFiles(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 // getSecretFromFile will check if the flag contains a reference to a file; if it does, replaces the value of the flag with the contents of the file.
 func getSecretFromFile(flags *pflag.FlagSet, secret string) {
-	value, err := flags.GetString(secret)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err)
-	}
+	flag := flags.Lookup(secret)
+	value := flag.Value.String()
 	if value != "" && isFile(value) {
 		file, err := ioutil.ReadFile(value)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		flag := flags.Lookup(secret)
+
 		if flag.Value.Type() == "stringArray" {
 			rows := bytes.Split(file, []byte{'\n'})
 
diff --git a/internal/flags/flags_test.go b/internal/flags/flags_test.go
index b659a96..5e364d7 100644
--- a/internal/flags/flags_test.go
+++ b/internal/flags/flags_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package flags
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -69,6 +70,33 @@ func TestGetSecretsFromFilesWithFile(t *testing.T) {
 	testGetSecretsFromFiles(t, "notification-email-server-password", value)
 }
 
+func TestGetSecretsArrayFromFilesWithFile(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := []string{"first line", "second line"}
+
+	// Create the temporary file which will contain a secret.
+	file, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "watchtower-")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer os.Remove(file.Name()) // Make sure to remove the temporary file later.
+
+	// Write the secret to the temporary file.
+	secret := []byte(strings.Join(expected, "\n"))
+	_, err = file.Write(secret)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = os.Setenv("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL", file.Name())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	cmd := new(cobra.Command)
+	SetDefaults()
+	RegisterNotificationFlags(cmd)
+	GetSecretsFromFiles(cmd)
+	actual, err := cmd.PersistentFlags().GetStringArray("notification-url")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expected[0], actual[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, expected[1], actual[1])
+}
+
 func testGetSecretsFromFiles(t *testing.T, flagName string, expected string) {
 	cmd := new(cobra.Command)
 	SetDefaults()