diff --git a/bin/update_sops.sh b/bin/update_sops.sh
index 1325dc2..22e0ec2 100755
--- a/bin/update_sops.sh
+++ b/bin/update_sops.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 sops_config=".sops.yaml"
+secrets_file="${1:-0}"
 
 function fn_extract_fpr(){
   gpgkeyfile=$1;shift;
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ fn_verify_sops_config(){
   # dump secrets, GPG_TTY src: https://www.varokas.com/secrets-in-code-with-mozilla-sops/
   GPG_TTY=$(tty) sops -d "${sops_enc_file}"
 }
-fn_verify_sops_config __mock_secrets.yaml
+if [[ "${secrets_file}" != "0" ]]; then
+  fn_verify_sops_config "${secrets_file}"
 
-echo "# SUCESS: all users with keys in this dir should have functional keys"
+  echo "# SUCESS: all users with keys in this dir should have functional keys"
+else
+  echo "# WARN: no secrets file passed in, make sure to call 'sops updatekeys' on secrets files"
+fi
diff --git a/example/cmd_sops.sh b/example/cmd_sops.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4748246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/cmd_sops.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
+../bin/update_sops.sh