diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 06247d3..b66d340 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SECRET_DB_PASSWORD_VERSION=v1
 
 # Comment out these lines if you want to store the peertube secret in a config file instead of a docker secret
 COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.peertube-secret.yml"
-SECRET_PEERTUBE_SECRET_VERSION=v1
+SECRET_PEERTUBE_SECRET_VERSION=v1 # length=32
 
 ## Webseed backend
 #
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 791a5e2..b1a69e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ An ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web
 1. Set up Docker Swarm and [`abra`]
 2. Deploy [`coop-cloud/traefik`]
 3. `abra app new peertube`
-4. `abra app cmd -l YOURAPPDOMAIN generate_secret`
-5. `abra app secret generate YOURAPPDOMAIN -a`
-6. `abra app config YOURAPPDOMAIN` - be sure to change `DOMAIN` to something that resolves to
-   your Docker swarm box
-7. `abra app deploy YOURAPPDOMAIN`
-8. Open the configured domain in your browser to finish set-up
+4. `abra app secret generate YOURAPPDOMAIN -a`
+5. `abra app config YOURAPPDOMAIN` - be sure to change `DOMAIN` to something that resolves to your Docker swarm box
+6. `abra app deploy YOURAPPDOMAIN`
+7. Open the configured domain in your browser to finish set-up
 
 ## Host-mode networking
 
diff --git a/abra.sh b/abra.sh
index 76ca158..76db0c5 100644
--- a/abra.sh
+++ b/abra.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 export NGINX_CONFIG_VERSION=v8
 export APP_ENTRYPOINT_VERSION=v7
 
-generate_secret() {
-  abra app secret insert "$APP_NAME" peertube_secret v1 "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" --chaos
-}
-
 sub_npm() {
   abra__service_="app"