diff --git a/cmd/zitadelctl/cmds/writesecret.go b/cmd/zitadelctl/cmds/writesecret.go
index bf74ac551..5105b2ea9 100644
--- a/cmd/zitadelctl/cmds/writesecret.go
+++ b/cmd/zitadelctl/cmds/writesecret.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ cat ~/googlecloudstoragesa.json | zitadelctl writesecret database.bucket.service
 		if err != nil && !rv.Gitops {
 			return err
 		}
+		err = nil
 
 		return secret.Write(
 			monitor,