diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployment.yaml b/.github/workflows/deployment.yaml
index ab04d44..5cce8a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployment.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployment.yaml
@@ -50,17 +50,12 @@ jobs:
           AZURE_VM_IP: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VM_IP }}
           AZURE_VM_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VM_SSH_KEY }}
         run: |
-          echo 1
           install -m 600 -D /dev/null ~/.ssh/phinvads-go
-          echo 2
           echo "${{ secrets.AZURE_VM_SSH_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/phinvads-go
-          echo 3
-          ssh-keyscan -H $AZURE_VM_IP >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-          echo 4
           go install github.com/a-h/templ/cmd/templ@latest
           templ generate
           go build -o phinvads-go ./cmd/phinvads-go
-          scp -i ~/.ssh/phinvads-go ./phinvads-go azureuser@${AZURE_VM_IP}:/home/azureuser/phinvads-go
+          scp -i ~/.ssh/phinvads-go -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ./phinvads-go azureuser@${AZURE_VM_IP}:/home/azureuser/phinvads-go
 
       - name: Disallow GitHub Runner IP
         run: |