diff --git a/tasks/prelim.yml b/tasks/prelim.yml
index a0fc2fe..c1edb39 100644
--- a/tasks/prelim.yml
+++ b/tasks/prelim.yml
@@ -23,18 +23,16 @@
 - name: "PRELIM | AUDIT | Interactive Users"
   tags: always
   ansible.builtin.shell: >
-    grep -E -v '^(root|halt|sync|shutdown)' /etc/passwd | awk -F: '(!index($7, "sbin/nologin") && $7 != "/bin/nologin" && $7 != "/bin/false" && $7 != "/dev/null") { print $1 }'
+    grep -E -v '^(root|halt|sync|shutdown)' /etc/passwd | awk -F: '(!index($7, "sbin/nologin") && $7 != "/bin/nologin" && $7 != "/bin/false" && $7 != "/dev/null") { print $1":"$3":"$6 }'
   changed_when: false
   check_mode: false
-  register: prelim_interactive_usernames
+  register: prelim_interactive_users_raw
 
-- name: "PRELIM | AUDIT | Interactive User accounts home directories"
+- name: "PRELIM | AUDIT | Interactive Users (reformat)"
   tags: always
-  ansible.builtin.shell: >
-    grep -E -v '^(root|halt|sync|shutdown)' /etc/passwd | awk -F: '(!index($7, "sbin/nologin") && $7 != "/bin/nologin" && $7 != "/bin/false") { print $6 }'
-  changed_when: false
-  check_mode: false
-  register: prelim_interactive_users_home
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    prelim_interactive_usernames: "{{ prelim_interactive_users | default([]) + [dict([('username', item.split(':')[0]), ('uid', item.split(':')[1]), ('home', item.split(':')[2])])] }}"
+  loop: "{{ prelim_interactive_users_raw.stdout_lines }}"
 
 - name: "PRELIM | AUDIT | Interactive UIDs"
   tags: always
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@
   tags:
     - always
   block:
-    - name: "PRELIM | AUDIT | Discover is wirelss adapter on system"
+    - name: "PRELIM | AUDIT | Discover is wireless adapter on system"
       ansible.builtin.command: find /sys/class/net/*/ -type d -name wireless
       register: discover_wireless_adapters
       changed_when: false
diff --git a/tasks/section_5/cis_5.4.1.x.yml b/tasks/section_5/cis_5.4.1.x.yml
index 6a492e5..1962101 100644
--- a/tasks/section_5/cis_5.4.1.x.yml
+++ b/tasks/section_5/cis_5.4.1.x.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     - name: "5.4.1.1 | PATCH | Ensure password expiration is 365 days or less | Set existing users PASS_MAX_DAYS"
       when:
         - discovered_max_days.stdout_lines | length > 0
-        - item in prelim_interactive_usernames.stdout
+        - item in prelim_interactive_usernames | map(attribute='username') | list
         - rhel9cis_force_user_maxdays
       ansible.builtin.user:
         name: "{{ item }}"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     - name: "5.4.1.2 | PATCH | Ensure minimum password days is configured | Set existing users PASS_MIN_DAYS"
       when:
         - discovered_min_days.stdout_lines | length > 0
-        - item in prelim_interactive_usernames.stdout
+        - item in prelim_interactive_usernames | map(attribute='username') | list
         - rhel9cis_force_user_mindays
       ansible.builtin.user:
         name: "{{ item }}"
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     - name: "5.4.1.3 | PATCH | Ensure password expiration warning days is configured | Set existing users WARN_DAYS"
       when:
         - discovered_warn_days.stdout_lines | length > 0
-        - item in prelim_interactive_usernames.stdout
+        - item in prelim_interactive_usernames | map(attribute='username') | list
         - rhel9cis_force_user_warnage
       ansible.builtin.command: "chage --warndays {{ rhel9cis_pass['warn_age'] }} {{ item }}"
       changed_when: true
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       register: discovered_passwdlck_user_list
 
     - name: "5.4.1.5 | PATCH | Ensure inactive password lock is 30 days or less | Apply Inactive setting to existing accounts"
-      when: item in prelim_interactive_usernames.stdout
+      when: item in prelim_interactive_usernames |  map(attribute='username') | list
       ansible.builtin.command: chage --inactive {{ rhel9cis_inactivelock.lock_days }} "{{ item }}"
       changed_when: true
       loop: "{{ discovered_passwdlck_user_list.stdout_lines }}"
diff --git a/tasks/section_5/cis_5.4.2.x.yml b/tasks/section_5/cis_5.4.2.x.yml
index 12390b3..a8eb4d0 100644
--- a/tasks/section_5/cis_5.4.2.x.yml
+++ b/tasks/section_5/cis_5.4.2.x.yml
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 - name: "5.4.2.7 | PATCH | Ensure system accounts do not have a valid login shell"
   when:
     - rhel9cis_rule_5_4_2_7
-    - "item.id not in prelim_interactive_usernames.stdout"
+    - "item.id not in prelim_interactive_usernames | map(attribute='username')"
     - item.id not in rhel9cis_system_users_shell
     - "'root' not in item.id"
     - rhel9cis_disruption_high
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
   when:
     - rhel9cis_rule_5_4_2_8
     - rhel9cis_disruption_high
-    - "item.id not in prelim_interactive_usernames.stdout"
+    - "item.id not in prelim_interactive_usernames | map(attribute='username')"
     - "'root' not in item.id"
   tags:
     - level1-server
diff --git a/tasks/section_7/cis_7.2.x.yml b/tasks/section_7/cis_7.2.x.yml
index cc1825c..8706877 100644
--- a/tasks/section_7/cis_7.2.x.yml
+++ b/tasks/section_7/cis_7.2.x.yml
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
         etype: group
         permissions: rx
         state: present
-      loop: "{{ prelim_interactive_users_home.stdout_lines }}"
+      loop: "{{ prelim_interactive_users | map(attribute='home') | list }}"
 
     - name: "7.2.8 | PATCH | Ensure local interactive user home directories are configured | Set other ACL"
       when: not system_is_container
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
         etype: other
         permissions: 0
         state: present
-      loop: "{{ prelim_interactive_users_home.stdout_lines }}"
+      loop: "{{ prelim_interactive_users | map(attribute='home') | list }}"
 
 - name: "7.2.9 | PATCH | Ensure local interactive user dot files access is configured"
   when:
@@ -315,6 +315,6 @@
       ansible.builtin.file:
         path: '{{ item }}'
         mode: 'go-w'
-        owner: "{{ rhel9cis_passwd | selectattr('dir', 'in', prelim_interactive_users_home.stdout_lines) | selectattr('dir', 'in', item) | map(attribute='uid') | last }}"
-        group: "{{ rhel9cis_passwd | selectattr('dir', 'in', prelim_interactive_users_home.stdout_lines) | selectattr('dir', 'in', item) | map(attribute='gid') | last }}"
+        owner: "{{ rhel9cis_passwd | selectattr('dir', 'in', prelim_interactive_users_raw.stdout_lines) | selectattr('dir', 'in', item) | map(attribute='uid') | last }}"
+        group: "{{ rhel9cis_passwd | selectattr('dir', 'in', prelim_interactive_users_raw.stdout_lines) | selectattr('dir', 'in', item) | map(attribute='gid') | last }}"
       with_items: "{{ discovered_homedir_hidden_files.stdout_lines }}"
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index cdca90d..5eed07c 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ rhel9cis_allowed_crypto_policies_modules:
 warn_control_list: ""
 warn_count: 0
 
+# list of dicts of interactive users, filled in during prelim.yml
+prelim_interactive_users: []
+
 # Default empty values for 1.4.2
 efi_mount_opts_addition: ''