diff --git a/src/utils/proxmox_utils.py b/src/utils/proxmox_utils.py
index 45d59b7..f1399be 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxmox_utils.py
+++ b/src/utils/proxmox_utils.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def run_command_on_pve(command: str, return_status_code: bool = False, exception
             logging.debug(f"Running command on PVE (ssh): {command}")
 
         # catch errors code
-        command = subprocess.run(f'ssh -i {get_identity_file()} {username}@{host} -p {port} "{command}"', shell=shell, capture_output=True,
+        command = subprocess.run(f'ssh {username}@{host} -p {port} "{command}"', shell=shell, capture_output=True,
                                  encoding="utf-8")
 
     # If return code is not 0 and that exception_on_exit is True and return_status_code is False, throw an exception
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ def copy_file_to_pve(path: Path, destination: str):
     config = get_config()
 
     # copy the file to the PVE from the local machine
-    run_command_locally(command=f"scp -i {get_identity_file()} {str(path)} {config['pve']['user']}@{config['pve']['host']}:{destination}",
+    run_command_locally(command=f"scp {str(path)} {config['pve']['user']}@{config['pve']['host']}:{destination}",
                         return_status_code=True)