diff --git a/install-wings.sh b/install-wings.sh
index aca9224..8bde8b8 100644
--- a/install-wings.sh
+++ b/install-wings.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ cat << "EOF"
  \____\__,_|_|\__,_|\__, |\___/| .__/ \__,_|___/
                     |___/      |_|
 
-        Calagopus Wings Installer | v1.1
+        Calagopus Wings Installer | v1.2
 
 EOF
 
@@ -220,8 +220,37 @@ say "Wings installed"
 CONFIG_CREATED=false
 section "Configuration"
 
+# Pulls just the base64 join-data token out of whatever the user pastes.
+# Accepts:
+#   - the raw token by itself
+#   - the full "wings configure --join-data <token>" command
+#   - either wrapped in single/double quotes, with extra surrounding whitespace
+extract_join_data() {
+  local raw="$1"
+  local out="$raw"
+
+  # If a --join-data flag is present, keep only what comes after it.
+  if [[ "$out" == *"--join-data"* ]]; then
+    out="${out#*--join-data}"
+  fi
+
+  # Trim leading/trailing whitespace.
+  out="$(printf '%s' "$out" | sed -E 's/^[[:space:]]+//; s/[[:space:]]+$//')"
+
+  # Strip a single layer of surrounding single or double quotes, if present.
+  out="$(printf '%s' "$out" | sed -E "s/^['\"]//; s/['\"]\$//")"
+
+  # In case the command was pasted with trailing shell noise (e.g. a
+  # trailing backslash/newline continuation), just take the first token.
+  out="$(printf '%s' "$out" | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+  printf '%s' "$out"
+}
+
 if confirm_default_no "Run wings configure --join-data now?"; then
-  JOIN_DATA="$(prompt "Paste join-data string: ")"
+  JOIN_DATA_RAW="$(prompt "Paste join-data (raw token or the full 'wings configure --join-data ...' command): ")"
+  JOIN_DATA="$(extract_join_data "$JOIN_DATA_RAW")"
+
   if [[ -n "$JOIN_DATA" ]]; then
     $SUDO mkdir -p /etc/pterodactyl
     $SUDO "$WINGS_BIN" configure --join-data "$JOIN_DATA"