diff --git a/bin/update_sops.sh b/bin/update_sops.sh
index 718c136..645b7fa 100755
--- a/bin/update_sops.sh
+++ b/bin/update_sops.sh
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ EOM
 }
 
 # UPDATE SOPS CONFIG
-pushd "${keyfiles_dir}"
+pushd "${keyfiles_dir}" > /dev/null 2>&1
 (fn_update_sops_config) > "${sops_config}"
-popd
+popd > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 # VERIFY
 fn_verify_sops_config(){
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ fn_verify_sops_config(){
   GPG_TTY=$(tty) sops -d "${sops_enc_file}"
 }
 if [[ "${secrets_file}" != "0" ]]; then
-  pushd "${sops_config_dir}"
+  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
diff --git a/example/cmd_sops.sh b/example/cmd_sops.sh
index 10c5c99..d0286ed 100755
--- a/example/cmd_sops.sh
+++ b/example/cmd_sops.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.."
 
 # ./bin/update_sops.sh "${curdir}" "${PWD}"/
 
+set -x
 ./bin/update_sops.sh "${curdir}" "${PWD}"/ "${curdir}/mock_secrets.yaml"