diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4237e59e4..22ea2a8f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -118,15 +118,16 @@ jobs:
           # shellcheck disable=SC2296
           TARGET_IMAGE="${{ env.REGISTRY }}/tue-robotics/tue-env-ros-${{ matrix.ros-distro }}${IMAGE_FLAVOR}:${IMAGE_TAG}-${{ matrix.platform }}"
           SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS="github.com"
-          SSH_ARG=()
+          SSH_ARGS=()
           if [[ -n "${SSH_KEY}" ]]
           then
-              SSH_KEY_PATH="${HOME}/.ssh/ci_ssh_key"
+              SSH_KEY_PATH="${HOME}"/.ssh/ci_ssh_key
+              echo -e "\e[35;1mmkdir -p ${HOME}/.ssh\e[0m"
               mkdir -p "${HOME}"/.ssh
               echo "${SSH_KEY}" > "${SSH_KEY_PATH}"
               chmod 600 "${SSH_KEY_PATH}"
               eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
-              SSH_ARG+=("--ssh" "--ssh-key=${SSH_KEY_PATH}")
+              SSH_ARGS+=("--ssh" "--ssh-key=${SSH_KEY_PATH}")
           fi
           if [[ -n "${SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS}" ]]
           then
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
               --virtualenv-include-system-site-packages="${VENV_INCLUDE_SYSTEM_SITE}" \
               --docker_user="${DOCKER_USER}" \
               --docker_user_id="${DOCKER_USER_ID}" \
-              "${SSH_ARG[@]}"
+              "${SSH_ARGS[@]}"
           echo -e "\e[35;1mimage=${TARGET_IMAGE} >> \${GITHUB_OUTPUT}\e[0m"
           echo "image=${TARGET_IMAGE}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
           echo -e "\e[35;1mtag=${IMAGE_TAG} >> \${GITHUB_OUTPUT}\e[0m"
diff --git a/ci/azure-pipelines.example.yml b/ci/azure-pipelines.example.yml
index ad648d922..9d806d510 100644
--- a/ci/azure-pipelines.example.yml
+++ b/ci/azure-pipelines.example.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ steps:
     targetType: inline
     script: |
       # START SSH ONLY
+      echo -e "\e[35;1mmkdir -p ${HOME}/.ssh\e[0m"
       mkdir -p "${HOME}"/.ssh
       cp $(deployKey.secureFilePath) "${HOME}"/.ssh/ci_ssh_key
       if [[ -n "${SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS}" ]]
diff --git a/ci/azure-pipelines.multiple_pkgs.example.yml b/ci/azure-pipelines.multiple_pkgs.example.yml
index a79395b45..c9cbaff70 100644
--- a/ci/azure-pipelines.multiple_pkgs.example.yml
+++ b/ci/azure-pipelines.multiple_pkgs.example.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ stages:
               targetType: inline
               script: |
                 # START SSH ONLY
+                echo -e "\e[35;1mmkdir -p ${HOME}/.ssh\e[0m"
                 mkdir -p "${HOME}"/.ssh
                 cp $(deployKey.secureFilePath) "${HOME}"/.ssh/ci_ssh_key
                 if [[ -n "${SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS}" ]]
diff --git a/ci/main/action.yml b/ci/main/action.yml
index dc6ac6204..bc00cea64 100644
--- a/ci/main/action.yml
+++ b/ci/main/action.yml
@@ -59,20 +59,22 @@ runs:
         PULLREQUEST=${PULLREQUEST:-false}
         SSH_KEY="${{ inputs.ssh-key }}"
         SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS="${{ inputs.ssh-known-hosts }}"
+        SSH_ARGS=()
         if [[ -n "${SSH_KEY}" ]]
         then
-          SSH_ARG="--ssh"
+          SSH_KEY_PATH="${HOME}"/.ssh/ci_ssh_key
+          echo -e "\e[35;1mmkdir -p ${HOME}/.ssh\e[0m"
           mkdir -p "${HOME}"/.ssh
-          echo "${SSH_KEY}" > "${HOME}"/.ssh/ci_ssh_key
-          SSH_KEY_ARG="--ssh-key=${HOME}/.ssh/ci_ssh_key"
+          echo "${SSH_KEY}" > "${SSH_KEY_PATH}"
+          SSH_ARGS+=("--ssh" "--ssh-key=${SSH_KEY_PATH}")
         fi
         if [[ -n "${SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS}" ]]
         then
-          echo -e "\e[35;1mmkdir -p ${HOME}/.ssh \e[0m"
-          mkdir -p ${HOME}/.ssh
+          echo -e "\e[35;1mmkdir -p ${HOME}/.ssh\e[0m"
+          mkdir -p "${HOME}"/.ssh
           for host in ${SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS}
           do
-            echo -e "\e[35;1mssh-keyscan -t rsa -H \"${host}\" 2>&1 | tee -a ${HOME}/.ssh/known_hosts \e[0m"
+            echo -e "\e[35;1mssh-keyscan -t rsa -H \"${host}\" 2>&1 | tee -a ${HOME}/.ssh/known_hosts\e[0m"
             ssh-keyscan -t rsa -H "${host}" 2>&1 | tee -a "${HOME}"/.ssh/known_hosts
           done
         fi
@@ -82,8 +84,7 @@ runs:
           --branch="${BRANCH}" \
           --commit="${GITHUB_SHA}" \
           --pullrequest="${PULLREQUEST}" \
-          "${SSH_ARG}" \
-          "${SSH_KEY_ARG}"
+          "${SSH_ARGS[@]}"
         echo "::endgroup::"
       shell: bash