diff --git a/.github/workflows/be-autodeploy.yml b/.github/workflows/be-autodeploy.yml
index d789754..6deb2a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/be-autodeploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/be-autodeploy.yml
@@ -54,14 +54,15 @@ jobs:
     needs: push_to_registry
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: connect ssh to WAS server
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
-        with: 
-          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          host: ${{ secrets.DEV_HOST }}
-          username: ${{ secrets.DEV_USERNAME }}
-          port: 22
-          script : | 
+      - name: Set up SSH key
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pem
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pem
+  
+      - name: SSH Connection to EC2 Instance
+        run: |
+          ssh -vvv -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pem ubuntu@${{ secrets.DEV_HOST }} 'echo "Connected to EC2 Instance"'
             docker pull ${{ secrets.NCP_CONTAINER_REGISTRY }}/nibobnebob
             docker stop my_was_container
             docker rm my_was_container