diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ed51646..e0d3bf4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@ image: geerlingguy/docker-debian9-ansible
 
 before_script:
   - which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -qq -y  && apt-get install openssh-client -qq -y )
+
+  # Run ssh-agent (inside the build environment)
   - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+
+  # Add the SSH key stored in SSH_PRIVATE_KEY variable to the agent
   - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
-  - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-  - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
+
+  #- mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+  #- chmod 700 ~/.ssh
+    
+  #Verifying the SSH host keys
+  - echo "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS" > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+  - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
 deploy_to_webserver:
  stage: deploy
diff --git a/know b/know
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..091411e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/know
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+35.180.10.123 ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBMltdTTmIzI6m+a3ueBItYjovF0KTiTFVAb4Dvsj18lNzH/OC29zs6ae0alf7/K5KJwK03BtGxky9Q/uGP90/X0=
+35.180.10.123 ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKy45mYX2lIbzw5Onr1nwwxQde+aUxG9FPJYAEZNtd8y