diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 84db383..09ca1db 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ deploy:
   before_script:
     - command -v ssh-agent >/dev/null 2>&1 || (apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y openssh-client)
     - eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
-    - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add -
+    - chmod 600 "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
+    - ssh-add "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
     - mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh
     - ssh-keyscan -p "$DEPLOY_SSH_PORT" -H "$DEPLOYER_HOST" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null
     - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts