diff --git a/bin/update_sops.sh b/bin/update_sops.sh
index 4120578..aa03c93 100755
--- a/bin/update_sops.sh
+++ b/bin/update_sops.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function fn_gpg_extract_fpr(){
   # uid ... <...@mehrwerk.net>
   # uid ... <...@netgo.de>
   # fancy gpg src: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/731872
-  fpr="$(gpg --show-keys --list-options show-only-fpr-mbox "${gpgkeyfile}" | grep '@netgo.de' | awk "{print \$1}")"
+  fpr="$(gpg --show-keys --list-options show-only-fpr-mbox "$(realpath "${gpgkeyfile}")" | grep '@netgo.de' | awk "{print \$1}")"
   echo "${fpr}"
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function fn_gpg_extract_uid(){
   # uid ... <...@mehrwerk.net>
   # uid ... <...@netgo.de>
   # fancy gpg src: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/731872
-  uid="$(gpg --show-keys --with-colons "${gpgkeyfile}" | awk -F':' '$1=="uid" {print $10}' | grep '@netgo.de')"
+  uid="$(gpg --show-keys --with-colons "$(realpath "${gpgkeyfile}")" | awk -F':' '$1=="uid" {print $10}' | grep '@netgo.de')"
   echo "${uid}"
 }