diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f31eb2d5..d4b5abbc9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ install-sim: ## install storj-sim
 	## install exact version of storj/gateway
 	mkdir -p .build/gateway-tmp
 	-cd .build/gateway-tmp && go mod init gatewaybuild
-	cd .build/gateway-tmp && go mod edit -replace github.com/minio/minio=github.com/storj/minio@storj && GO111MODULE=on go get storj.io/gateway@master
+	cd .build/gateway-tmp && GO111MODULE=on go get storj.io/gateway@latest
 
 ##@ Test
 
diff --git a/cmd/storj-sim/network.go b/cmd/storj-sim/network.go
index c870740c1..5ef59ee6d 100644
--- a/cmd/storj-sim/network.go
+++ b/cmd/storj-sim/network.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -41,6 +40,10 @@ const (
 	folderPermissions = 0744
 )
 
+var (
+	defaultAccess = "17jgVrPRktsquJQFzpT533WHmZnF6QDkuv8w3Ry5XPzAkh3vj7D1dbJ5MatQRiyRE2ZEiA1Y6fYnhoWqr2n7VgycdXSUPz1QzhthBsHqGXCrRcjSp8RbbVE1VJqDej9nLgB5YDPh3Q5JrVjQeMe9saHAL5rE5tUYJAeynVdre8HeTJMXcwau5"
+)
+
 const (
 	// The following values of peer class and endpoints are used
 	// to create a port with a consistent format for storj-sim services.
@@ -434,7 +437,6 @@ func newNetwork(flags *Flags) (*Processes, error) {
 
 	// Create gateways for each satellite
 	for i, satellite := range satellites {
-		i := i
 		satellite := satellite
 		process := processes.New(Info{
 			Name:       fmt.Sprintf("gateway/%d", i),
@@ -446,9 +448,15 @@ func newNetwork(flags *Flags) (*Processes, error) {
 		// gateway must wait for the corresponding satellite to start up
 		process.WaitForStart(satellite)
 
+		accessData := defaultAccess
+
 		process.Arguments = withCommon(process.Directory, Arguments{
 			"setup": {
+				"--non-interactive",
+
+				"--access", accessData,
 				"--server.address", process.Address,
+
 				"--debug.addr", net.JoinHostPort(host, port(gatewayPeer, i, debugHTTP)),
 			},
 
@@ -461,42 +469,65 @@ func newNetwork(flags *Flags) (*Processes, error) {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			var consoleAddress string
-			err = readConfigString(&consoleAddress, satellite.Directory, "console.address")
-			if err != nil {
+			vip := viper.New()
+			vip.AddConfigPath(process.Directory)
+			if err := vip.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			// try with 100ms delays until we hit 3s
-			apiKey, start := "", time.Now()
-			for apiKey == "" {
-				apiKey, err = newConsoleEndpoints(consoleAddress).createOrGetAPIKey()
-				if err != nil && time.Since(start) > 3*time.Second {
-					log.Printf("Failed retrieving GATEWAY_%d_ACCESS: %s\n", i, err.Error())
-					return nil
+			// TODO: maybe all the config flags should be exposed for all processes?
+
+			// check if gateway config has an api key, if it's not
+			// create example project with key and add it to the config
+			// so that gateway can have access to the satellite
+			if runAccessData := vip.GetString("access"); !flags.OnlyEnv && runAccessData == accessData {
+				var consoleAddress string
+				err := readConfigString(&consoleAddress, satellite.Directory, "console.address")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				// try with 100ms delays until we hit 3s
+				apiKey, start := "", time.Now()
+				for apiKey == "" {
+					apiKey, err = newConsoleEndpoints(consoleAddress).createOrGetAPIKey()
+					if err != nil && time.Since(start) > 3*time.Second {
+						return err
+					}
+					time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+				}
+
+				satNodeID, err := identity.NodeIDFromCertPath(filepath.Join(satellite.Directory, "identity.cert"))
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				nodeURL := storj.NodeURL{
+					ID:      satNodeID,
+					Address: satellite.Address,
+				}
+
+				access, err := uplink.RequestAccessWithPassphrase(context.Background(), nodeURL.String(), apiKey, "")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				accessData, err := access.Serialize()
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				vip.Set("access", accessData)
+
+				if err := vip.WriteConfig(); err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
-				time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 			}
 
-			satNodeID, err := identity.NodeIDFromCertPath(filepath.Join(satellite.Directory, "identity.cert"))
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			nodeURL := storj.NodeURL{
-				ID:      satNodeID,
-				Address: satellite.Address,
+			if runAccessData := vip.GetString("access"); runAccessData != accessData {
+				process.AddExtra("ACCESS", runAccessData)
 			}
 
-			access, err := uplink.RequestAccessWithPassphrase(context.Background(), nodeURL.String(), apiKey, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			accessData, err := access.Serialize()
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			process.AddExtra("ACCESS", accessData)
+			process.AddExtra("ACCESS_KEY", vip.GetString("minio.access-key"))
+			process.AddExtra("SECRET_KEY", vip.GetString("minio.secret-key"))
 
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/scripts/tests/rollingupgrade/test-sim-rolling-upgrade.sh b/scripts/tests/rollingupgrade/test-sim-rolling-upgrade.sh
index f880bacb4..f30b2d81b 100755
--- a/scripts/tests/rollingupgrade/test-sim-rolling-upgrade.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests/rollingupgrade/test-sim-rolling-upgrade.sh
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ install_sim(){
         rm -rf .build/gateway-tmp
         mkdir -p .build/gateway-tmp
         pushd .build/gateway-tmp
-            go mod init gatewaybuild && go mod edit -replace github.com/minio/minio=github.com/storj/minio@storj && GOBIN=${bin_dir} GO111MODULE=on go get storj.io/gateway@master
+            go mod init gatewaybuild && GOBIN=${bin_dir} GO111MODULE=on go get storj.io/gateway@latest
         popd
     fi
 }