diff --git a/bin/system_credentials.pl b/bin/system_credentials.pl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d22d3733..765be7f7
--- a/bin/system_credentials.pl
+++ b/bin/system_credentials.pl
@@ -57,10 +57,11 @@
 my $logger = get_logger();
 my $r = Kynetx::Test::configure();
 
-my $salt =  $ARGV[0];
+# this is the PCI_KEY config param in the system configuration
+my $pci_key =  $ARGV[0];
 
 
-my $system_key = Kynetx::Modules::PCI::create_system_key($salt);
+my $system_key = Kynetx::Modules::PCI::create_system_key($pci_key);
 
-print "System key: $system_key";
+print "System key: $system_key \n";