diff --git a/containerAdmin.yml b/containerAdmin.yml
index bb0fcc6..df82a46 100644
--- a/containerAdmin.yml
+++ b/containerAdmin.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@
     repo_env_dir: "{{ base_dir }}/ansible_env_staging"
 
   tasks:
+    - name: Write SSH private key to /tmp/deploy_key
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: "{{ ssh_private_key }}"
+        dest: "/tmp/deploy_key"
+        mode: '0600'
+
+    - name: Create SSH wrapper script
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: "/tmp/ssh_wrapper.sh"
+        mode: '0755'
+        content: |
+          #!/bin/sh
+          exec ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /tmp/deploy_key "$@"
+
     - name: Remove existing core repo
       ansible.builtin.file:
         path: "{{ repo_core_dir }}"
@@ -31,13 +45,25 @@
         path: "{{ repo_env_dir }}"
         state: absent
 
-    - name: Clone core repo via SSH
+    - name: Clone core repo via SSH using wrapper
       ansible.builtin.git:
         repo: "{{ repo_core_url }}"
         dest: "{{ repo_core_dir }}"
         version: "{{ main_br }}"
         accept_hostkey: yes
         force: yes
+      environment:
+        GIT_SSH: /tmp/ssh_wrapper.sh
+
+    - name: Clone env repo via SSH using wrapper
+      ansible.builtin.git:
+        repo: "{{ repo_env_url }}"
+        dest: "{{ repo_env_dir }}"
+        version: "{{ env_br }}"
+        accept_hostkey: yes
+        force: yes
+      environment:
+        GIT_SSH: /tmp/ssh_wrapper.sh
 
     - name: Debug directory contents after core repo clone
       ansible.builtin.command:
@@ -47,14 +73,6 @@
     - debug:
         var: core_dir_after_clone.stdout_lines
 
-    - name: Clone env repo via SSH
-      ansible.builtin.git:
-        repo: "{{ repo_env_url }}"
-        dest: "{{ repo_env_dir }}"
-        version: "{{ env_br }}"
-        accept_hostkey: yes
-        force: yes
-
     - name: Debug directory contents after env repo clone
       ansible.builtin.command:
         cmd: ls -la "{{ repo_env_dir }}"
@@ -143,3 +161,11 @@
         volumes:
           - "{{ repo_env_dir }}:/home/cloud/ansible_env_staging"
 
+    - name: Clean up temp SSH key and wrapper
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ item }}"
+        state: absent
+      loop:
+        - /tmp/deploy_key
+        - /tmp/ssh_wrapper.sh
+