diff --git a/scripts/createCertAndKey.sh b/scripts/createCertAndKey.sh
index 87e94f2a2..4c185161b 100644
--- a/scripts/createCertAndKey.sh
+++ b/scripts/createCertAndKey.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Generate cert and key for chart
 openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -new -nodes -x509 -days 3650 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -subj "/C=US/ST=CA/L=virtualkubelet/O=virtualkubelet/OU=virtualkubelet/CN=virtualkubelet"
-cert=$(base64 cert.pem)
-key=$(base64 key.pem)
\ No newline at end of file
+cert=$(base64 cert.pem -w0)
+key=$(base64 key.pem -w0)