diff --git a/generate-prepop-yaml b/generate-prepop-yaml
index e6b05a8..850226d 100755
--- a/generate-prepop-yaml
+++ b/generate-prepop-yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cat prepopulate.json | python -c 'import sys, yaml, json; print(yaml.dump(json.loads(sys.stdin.read())))' > prepopulate.yaml
+python -c 'import sys, yaml, json; print(yaml.dump(json.loads(sys.stdin.read())))' < prepopulate.json > prepopulate.yaml