diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9186e075..8e9fc8c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,8 +151,12 @@ When you run caprover_deploy.sh without arguments, it will deploy the current br
 
 ### Cleanup caprover feature branch deployments
 
-```
+```bash
+# by default it will delete all vbv-feature-* apps
 python caprover_cleanup.py
+
+# or specify a specific app regex and delete without confirmation
+python caprover_cleanup.py --automated -a 'vbv-bugfix*'
 ```
 
 ## IntelliJ Configuration
diff --git a/caprover_cleanup.py b/caprover_cleanup.py
index 43333353..a7e8878c 100644
--- a/caprover_cleanup.py
+++ b/caprover_cleanup.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ from environs import Env
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
 env = Env()
-env.read_env("./env_secrets/caprover_feature.env", recurse=False, override=True)
-app_name = "vbv-feature-caprover-auto-deploy4"
 
 cap = caprover_api.CaproverAPI(
     dashboard_url=env.str("CAPROVER_DOMAIN"),