diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a6cd7b3..1a6fccea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ Run:
 ```sh
 docker volume rm -f wasmd_data
 
-# pick a simple (8 char) passphrase for testing.. you will type it many times
+# pass password (one time) as env variable for setup, so we don't need to keep typing it
 docker run --rm -it \
+    -e PASSWORD=my-secret-password \
     --mount type=volume,source=wasmd_data,target=/root \
     wasmd:manual ./setup.sh
 
@@ -52,4 +53,3 @@ docker run --rm -it \
     --mount type=volume,source=wasmd_data,target=/root,readonly \
     wasmd:manual ./logs.sh
 ```
-
diff --git a/docker/setup.sh b/docker/setup.sh
index 0a8c1daf..1904ac8f 100755
--- a/docker/setup.sh
+++ b/docker/setup.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+PASSWORD=${PASSWORD:-1234567890}
+
 wasmd init --chain-id=testing testing
-wasmcli keys add validator
-wasmd add-genesis-account validator 1000000000stake,1000000000validatortoken
-wasmd gentx --name validator
+(echo $PASSWORD; echo $PASSWORD) | wasmcli keys add validator
+echo $PASSWORD | wasmd add-genesis-account validator 1000000000stake,1000000000validatortoken
+(echo $PASSWORD; echo $PASSWORD; echo $PASSWORD) | wasmd gentx --name validator
 wasmd collect-gentxs
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