diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index bcf4778..feb6cd5 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ necessary_credentials_with_config() {
 }
 
 setup_ssh() {
+  echo -e "\n\n  ✅ Generating new SSH for numbus-admin..."
+  mkdir -p extra-files/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/
+  ssh-keygen -t "ed25519" -C "numbus-admin@numbus-server" -f "extra-files/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/id_ed25519" -N "" -q
+
   REMOTE_PASS=$(gum input --password --placeholder "Enter password for 'nixos' on '$TARGET_HOST'")
   if [ -z "$REMOTE_PASS" ]; then
     echo "  ❌ Password is required to proceed. Aborting."
@@ -132,7 +136,6 @@ hardware_detection() {
 
 files_generation() {
   echo -e "\n\n  ✅ Generating necessary folder tree..."
-  mkdir -p extra-files/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/
   mkdir -p extra-files/var/lib/sops-nix/
   mkdir -p extra-files/etc/nixos/secrets/
   mkdir -p extra-files/mnt/config-storage/traefik/config/conf
@@ -141,9 +144,6 @@ files_generation() {
   mkdir -p extra-files/mnt/data-storage/nextcloud
   mkdir -p extra-files/mnt/data-storage/immich
 
-  echo -e "\n\n  ✅ Generating new SSH for numbus-admin..."
-  ssh-keygen -t "ed25519" -C "numbus-admin@numbus-server" -f "extra-files/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/id_ed25519" -N "" -q
-
   echo -e "\n\n  ✅ Generating sops-nix keys..."
   ssh-to-age -private-key -i extra-files/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/id_ed25519 > extra-files/var/lib/sops-nix/key.txt
   SOPS_PUBLIC_KEY=$(age-keygen -y extra-files/var/lib/sops-nix/key.txt)