diff --git a/scripts/populate b/scripts/populate
index bcf0345..9eb24c5 100755
--- a/scripts/populate
+++ b/scripts/populate
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
 export VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:8200
 export VAULT_TOKEN=dev-only-token
-vault kv put -mount secret /user @testdata/a.json
-vault kv put -mount secret /creds @testdata/b.json
-vault kv put -mount secret /azure/the @testdata/c.json
-vault kv put -mount secret /yolo/swag @testdata/d.json
+
+echo '{
+	"roles": ["reader", "writer"],
+	"token": "abc123",
+	"url": "https://example.com"
+}' |
+    vault kv put -mount secret /user -
+echo '{
+  "client_id": "free",
+  "client_secret": "palestine"
+}' |
+    vault kv put -mount secret /creds -
+echo '{
+  "user": "vim",
+  "password": "actually-emacs"
+}' |
+    vault kv put -mount secret /azure/the -
+echo '{
+  "tenant-id": "oopa",
+  "client-id": "gangnamn",
+  "client-secret": "style"
+}' |
+    vault kv put -mount secret /yolo/swag -
diff --git a/testdata/a.json b/testdata/a.json
deleted file mode 100644
index dd46f41..0000000
--- a/testdata/a.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "roles": ["reader", "writer"],
-  "token": "abc123",
-  "url": "https://example.com"
-}
diff --git a/testdata/b.json b/testdata/b.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a09b2f1..0000000
--- a/testdata/b.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "client_id": "free",
-  "client_secret": "palestine"
-}
diff --git a/testdata/c.json b/testdata/c.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 23651fa..0000000
--- a/testdata/c.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "user": "vim",
-  "password": "actually-emacs"
-}
diff --git a/testdata/d.json b/testdata/d.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f577ece..0000000
--- a/testdata/d.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "tenant-id": "oopa",
-  "client-id": "gangnamn",
-  "client-secret": "style"
-}