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 ## nameserver update script
 
-1. add the ZONE_SECRET_KEY to the .env file and load it using `export $(cat .env | xargs)`
-2. adjust the url and zone in the `updatens.py` script
-3. run the `updatens.py` script
+1. update the UPDATENS_KEY_SECRET (and others) in the .env file and load it using `export $(cat .env | xargs)`
+2. run the `updatens.py` script
 
 You can also run this hourly as a cron job like this:
 `7 * * * * cd /home/ffac/nsupdater && export $(cat .env | xargs) && python3 updatens.py`