diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/README.md b/projects/kubernetes/README.md
index 0b8835b42..1d5c57b21 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/projects/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ make build-vm-images
 
 Boot Kubernetes master OS image using `hyperkit` on macOS:
 ```
-./boot-master.sh
+./boot.sh
 ```
 
 Get IP address of the master:
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ and try `kubectl get nodes` from within the master.
 
 To boot a node use:
 ```
-./boot-node.sh <n> [<join_args> ...]
+./boot.sh <n> [<join_args> ...]
 ```
 
 More specifically, to start 3 nodes use 3 separate shells and run this:
 ```
-shell1> ./boot-node.sh 1 --token bb38c6.117e66eabbbce07d 192.168.65.22:6443
-shell2> ./boot-node.sh 2 --token bb38c6.117e66eabbbce07d 192.168.65.22:6443
-shell3> ./boot-node.sh 3 --token bb38c6.117e66eabbbce07d 192.168.65.22:6443
+shell1> ./boot.sh 1 --token bb38c6.117e66eabbbce07d 192.168.65.22:6443
+shell2> ./boot.sh 2 --token bb38c6.117e66eabbbce07d 192.168.65.22:6443
+shell3> ./boot.sh 3 --token bb38c6.117e66eabbbce07d 192.168.65.22:6443
 ```
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/boot-master.sh b/projects/kubernetes/boot-master.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 067c87fce..000000000
--- a/projects/kubernetes/boot-master.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eu
-disk="kube-master-disk.img"
-set -x
-rm -f "${disk}"
-../../bin/linuxkit run -cpus 2 -mem 4096 -disk "${disk}",size=4G kube-master
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/boot-node.sh b/projects/kubernetes/boot-node.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 80f2cc7ac..000000000
--- a/projects/kubernetes/boot-node.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eu
-[ "${#@}" -gt 1 ] || (echo "Usage: ${0} <node> <join_args>" ; exit 1)
-name="node-${1}"
-shift
-disk="kube-${name}-disk.img"
-set -x
-rm -f "${disk}"
-../../bin/linuxkit run -cpus 2 -mem 4096 -disk "${disk}",size=4G -data "${*}" kube-node
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/boot.sh b/projects/kubernetes/boot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f76f9b3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/kubernetes/boot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eu
+if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
+    img="kube-master"
+    disk="kube-master-disk.img"
+    data=""
+elif [ $# -gt 1 ] ; then
+    img="kube-node"
+    name="node-${1}"
+    shift
+    disk="kube-${name}-disk.img"
+    data="${*}"
+else
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo " - Boot master:"
+    echo "   ${0}"
+    echo " - Boot node:"
+    echo "   ${0} <node> <join_args>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+set -x
+rm -f "${disk}"
+../../bin/linuxkit run -cpus 2 -mem 4096 -disk "${disk}",size=4G -data "${data}" "${img}"