diff --git a/bin/update_sops.sh b/bin/update_sops.sh
index bf8889b..5385a22 100755
--- a/bin/update_sops.sh
+++ b/bin/update_sops.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Purpose: manage .sops.yaml based on gpg keys in the same dir _and_ verify correct configuration
 set -euo pipefail
 
-sops_config_dir="$(realpath "${1?"E: specify dir containing .sops.yaml"}")"; shift;
 keyfiles_dir="$(realpath "${1?"E: specify dir containing keyfiles"}")"; shift;
+sops_config_dir="$(realpath "${1?"E: specify dir containing .sops.yaml"}")"; shift;
 sops_config="${sops_config_dir}/.sops.yaml"
 secrets_file="${1:-0}"
 
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ fn_verify_sops_config(){
   GPG_TTY=$(tty) sops -d "${sops_enc_file}"
 }
 if [[ "${secrets_file}" != "0" ]]; then
-  pushd "${sops_config_dir}" > /dev/null 2>&1
   fn_verify_sops_config "${secrets_file}"
-  popd > /dev/null 2>&1
-
   echo "# SUCESS: all users with keys in this dir should have functional keys"
 else
   echo "# WARN: no secrets file passed in, make sure to call 'sops updatekeys' on secrets files"
diff --git a/example/cmd_sops.sh b/example/cmd_sops.sh
index bbba293..9e25aa9 100755
--- a/example/cmd_sops.sh
+++ b/example/cmd_sops.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ secrets_file="mock_secrets.yaml"
 # ./bin/update_sops.sh "${curdir}" "${PWD}"/
 
 set -x
-../bin/update_sops.sh "${sops_cfg_dir}" "${keys_dir}"/ "${secrets_file}"
+../bin/update_sops.sh "${keys_dir}" "${sops_cfg_dir}" "${secrets_file}"