diff --git a/docs/OPERATORS.md b/docs/OPERATORS.md
index 7fed5398..71f96b60 100644
--- a/docs/OPERATORS.md
+++ b/docs/OPERATORS.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 podman login --authfile scratch/pull-secret.txt registry.redhat.io
 
 # kludge: copy registry key to podman auth
-cp scratch/pull-secret.txt ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json
+DOCKER_CONFIG=~/.docker
+oc -n openshift-config extract secret/pull-secret --keys=.dockerconfigjson
+mkdir -p ~/.docker && mv .dockerconfigjson ~/.docker/config.json
 
 # redhat-operators
 INDEX=registry.redhat.io/redhat/redhat-operator-index:v4.12
diff --git a/scripts/library/unsorted.sh b/scripts/library/unsorted.sh
index 60f8fc72..559133ad 100644
--- a/scripts/library/unsorted.sh
+++ b/scripts/library/unsorted.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ select_folder(){
   popd >/dev/null || return
 }
 
+oc_mirror_init(){
+  export DOCKER_CONFIG="${GIT_ROOT}/scratch"
+  oc -n openshift-config extract secret/pull-secret --keys=.dockerconfigjson
+  mkdir -p "${DOCKER_CONFIG}" && mv .dockerconfigjson "${DOCKER_CONFIG}/config.json"
+}
+
 operator_list(){
   VERSION=4.12
   INDEX=${1:-registry.redhat.io/redhat/redhat-operator-index:v${VERSION}}