diff --git a/bin/update_sops.sh b/bin/update_sops.sh
index cbaedd9..4ba2144 100755
--- a/bin/update_sops.sh
+++ b/bin/update_sops.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ test -d "${keyfiles_dir}" || (echo "E: specify dir containing keyfiles; invalid
 sops_config_dir="$(realpath "${sops_config_dir}")"
 test -d "${sops_config_dir}" || (echo "E: specify dir containing .sops.yaml, invalid dir: '${sops_config_dir}'" && exit 1)
 sops_config="${sops_config_dir}/.sops.yaml"
-test -e "${sops_config}" || (echo "E: could not locate .sops.yaml, tried ${sops_config}" && exit 1)
+# create it! # test -e "${sops_config}" || (echo "E: could not locate .sops.yaml, tried ${sops_config}" && exit 1)
 if [[ "${#secrets_file_list[@]}" != "0" ]]; then
   for secrets_file in "${secrets_file_list[@]}"; do
     test -e "${secrets_file}" || (echo "E: could not locate file with secrets, tried: ${secrets_file}" && exit 1)