diff --git a/docs/gitops-install.md b/docs/gitops-install.md
index c0968f9f4..ce4b0fd4d 100644
--- a/docs/gitops-install.md
+++ b/docs/gitops-install.md
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ To avoid defining many environment variables we'll simplify by creating an
 place it where we've cloned understack. A complete file would like like
 
 ```bash title="/path/to/uc-deploy/my-k3s.env"
-UC_REPO="$HOME/devel/understack"
-UC_DEPLOY="$HOME/devel/uc-deploy"
+UC_DEPLOY="$(pwd)/$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})"
 DEPLOY_NAME="my-k3s"
 UC_DEPLOY_GIT_URL=git@github.com:myorg/uc-deploy.git
 UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE="$HOME/devel/uc-deploy-key"
diff --git a/scripts/gitops-deploy.sh b/scripts/gitops-deploy.sh
index b63f0c705..5296e4208 100755
--- a/scripts/gitops-deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitops-deploy.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ fi
 
 . "$1"
 
+export UC_REPO="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
 if [ ! -d "${UC_REPO}" ]; then
     echo "UC_REPO not set to a path." >&2
     usage
diff --git a/scripts/gitops-secrets-gen.sh b/scripts/gitops-secrets-gen.sh
index eec9bc2fe..d221e1980 100755
--- a/scripts/gitops-secrets-gen.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitops-secrets-gen.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
     usage
 fi
 
-source "$1"
+. "$1"
+
+export UC_REPO="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 
 if [ ! -d "${UC_DEPLOY}" ]; then
     echo "UC_DEPLOY not set to a path." >&2
@@ -30,19 +32,21 @@ if [ "x${DEPLOY_NAME}" = "x" ]; then
     usage
 fi
 
-if [ "x${UC_DEPLOY_GIT_URL}" = "x" ]; then
-    echo "UC_DEPLOY_GIT_URL is not set." >&2
-    usage
-fi
-
-if [ "x${UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE}" = "x" ]; then
-    echo "UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE is not set." >&2
-    usage
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f "${UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE}" ]; then
-    echo "UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE is not a file." >&2
-    usage
+if [ -f "${UC_DEPLOY}/secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}/argocd/secret-deploy-repo.yaml" ]; then
+    NO_SECRET_DEPLOY=1
+else
+    if [ "x${UC_DEPLOY_GIT_URL}" = "x" ]; then
+        echo "UC_DEPLOY_GIT_URL is not set." >&2
+        usage
+    fi
+    if [ "x${UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE}" = "x" ]; then
+        echo "UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE is not set." >&2
+        usage
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f "${UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE}" ]; then
+        echo "UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE at ${UC_DEPLOY_SSH_FILE} does not exist." >&2
+        usage
+    fi
 fi
 
 if [ "x${DNS_ZONE}" = "x" ]; then
@@ -62,9 +66,10 @@ export DO_TMPL_VALUES=y
 mkdir -p "${UC_DEPLOY}/secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}"
 "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/easy-secrets-gen.sh" "${UC_DEPLOY}/secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}"
 
-echo "Creating ArgoCD config"
-mkdir -p "${UC_DEPLOY}/secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}/argocd"
-cat << EOF > "${UC_DEPLOY}/secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}/argocd/secret-deploy-repo.yaml"
+if [ "x${NO_SECRET_DEPLOY}" = "x" ]; then
+    echo "Creating ArgoCD config"
+    mkdir -p "${UC_DEPLOY}/secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}/argocd"
+    cat << EOF > "${UC_DEPLOY}/secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}/argocd/secret-deploy-repo.yaml"
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ data:
   type: $(printf "git" | base64)
   url: $(printf "${UC_DEPLOY_GIT_URL}" | base64)
 EOF
+fi
 
 echo "Creating Cert Manager Cluster Issuer"
 cat << EOF > "${UC_DEPLOY}/secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}/cluster-issuer.yaml"