diff --git a/image/k8s-slurmd-create b/image/k8s-slurmd-create
index fb92963..d397771 100644
--- a/image/k8s-slurmd-create
+++ b/image/k8s-slurmd-create
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
 
-echo "$(date) Resume invoked $0 $*" >> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
+echo "$(date) Resume invoked $0 $*" &>> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
 
-echo "Arguments: $* $0 $1" >> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
+echo "Arguments: $* $0 $1" &>> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
 
 hosts=$(scontrol show hostnames $1) # this is purely a textual expansion, doens't depend on defined nodes
-echo "Powering up hosts: $hosts" >> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
+echo "Powering up hosts: $hosts" &>> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
 for host in $hosts
 do
-   echo "Creating $host" >> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
-   touch tmpfile.yml
-   sed s/SLURMD_NODENAME/$host/ /etc/slurm/slurmd-pod-template.yml > tmpfile.yml
-   echo "sed successful" >> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
-   kubectl create -f tmpfile.yml &> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
-   echo "done" >> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
-done
+   echo "Creating $host" &>> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
+   ( sed s/SLURMD_NODENAME/$host/ /etc/slurm/slurmd-pod-template.yml | kubectl create -f - ) &>> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
+   echo "done" &>> /var/log/slurm/power_save.log
+done
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