diff --git a/k8s.mk b/k8s.mk
index 7c41c85..ac4ffa1 100644
--- a/k8s.mk
+++ b/k8s.mk
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ MANDATORY-k8s = K8S_CONTEXT
 start-k8s:
 	@- echo "\n### starting deployment with k8s"
 	@- echo "\n### setting kubernetes context to $(K8S_CONTEXT)"
-	@- kubectl config use-context $(K8S_CONTEXT)
+	@ kubectl config use-context $(K8S_CONTEXT)
 
 	@- echo "\n### generating imagePullSecrets"
 	@- imagePullSecrets.sh
 
 	@- echo "\n### run kubectl apply -f kubernetes.yaml and secrets.yaml"
-	@- cat kubernetes.yaml secrets.yaml | envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
+	@ cat kubernetes.yaml secrets.yaml | envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
 
 pull-k8s:
 # nop