diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f013cc4..c5fd9e6 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .git
+.ssh
 .kamal/secrets*
 vendor
 node_modules
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index da7eb28..36b6649 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ jobs:
           DB_USERNAME=$DB_USERNAME
           DB_PASSWORD=$DB_PASSWORD
           MEILISEARCH_KEY=$MEILISEARCH_KEY
+          SSH_PRIVATE_KEY=$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
           SECRETS
               chmod 600 .kamal/secrets
 
diff --git a/config/deploy.yml b/config/deploy.yml
index 22d4e06..fbad046 100644
--- a/config/deploy.yml
+++ b/config/deploy.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ registry:
 
 ssh:
   user: <%= ENV.fetch("SSH_USER", "root") %>
-  config: .ssh/config
+  keys_only: true
+  key_data:
+    - SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
+  config: false
 
 builder:
   arch: amd64