diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11ba9033cf3cd90be834f4c86ba6c477d2bd7cc0..7dfc2466ad88997785b2443d97283c7890da402c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ > Short answer: you probably shouldn't. Before considering this approach, take a look at [SOPS](https://github.com/mozilla/sops) and [Hashicorp Vault](https://www.vaultproject.io/) if they are better suited for the problem at hand. **They have a clear security advantage** over `git-age`.
 > 
 > The one use-case where it makes sense to use `git-age` instead is when you want to keep some files secret on a (potentially public) git remote, but you need to have the plaintext in the local working tree because you cannot hook into the above tools for your workflow. **Being lazy is not an excuse to use this software.**
 
-## Adding git-age to a new repository
+## Install
 
 1. Install `git-age` in your `PATH`
 2. `git age init`
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ 3. Add some identities
   - `git age ident key.txt`
   - `git age ident ssh`
 4. Set up your config ([example](.git-age.yaml))
-5. Add your secrets to `.gitattributes`
-  `secret.txt diff=git-age filter=git-age`
-# git-age
+
 > The one use-case where it makes sense to use `git-age` instead is when you want to keep some files secret on a (potentially public) git remote, but you need to have the plaintext in the local working tree because you cannot hook into the above tools for your workflow. **Being lazy is not an excuse to use this software.**
 
 ## Decrypting an existing repository
diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 4aae21e399e9781899b79c1c864eaf69c54fda5b..e450af18d2234494ef54ceddfc1c5a91927af5cb 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -43,9 +41,6 @@ 	}
 
 	cfg, err := LoadConfig()
 	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
-			return nil
-		}
 		return err
 	}
 	dir, err := gitBaseDir()
@@ -66,13 +61,13 @@ 				return err
 			}
 
 			var buf bytes.Buffer
-			c := exec.Command(exe, args...)
+			cmd := exec.Command(exe, args...)
-			c.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(content)
+			cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(content)
-			c.Stdout = &buf
+			cmd.Stdout = &buf
 			if debug {
-				c.Stderr = os.Stderr
+				cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 			}
-			if err := c.Run(); err != nil {
+			if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 				if debug {
 					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not smudge file: %v\n", err)
 				}
@@ -83,12 +78,9 @@ 			fi, err := os.Create(apn)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			fi.Write(buf.Bytes())
-	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
-			}
-			cmd("git", "add", "--renormalize", apn)
+	"os/exec"
 
 			return nil
 		}(); err != nil {