diff --git a/files/debian/debian-bookworm-preseed.cfg b/files/debian/debian-bookworm-preseed.cfg
index 0c6d12e..675b1e8 100755
--- a/files/debian/debian-bookworm-preseed.cfg
+++ b/files/debian/debian-bookworm-preseed.cfg
@@ -450,6 +450,12 @@ d-i preseed/late_command string \
     in-target wget http://192.168.1.50/debian/download-debian-essentials.sh -P /home/akanealw/ ; \
     in-target chmod +x /home/akanealw/download-debian-essentials.sh ; \
     in-target chown akanealw:akanealw /home/akanealw/download-debian-essentials.sh ; \
+    in-target mkdir /home/akanealw/.ssh ; \
+    in-target chown akanealw:akanealw /home/akanealw/.ssh ; \
+    in-target chmod 700 /home/akanealw/.ssh ; \
+    in-target wget http://192.168.1.50/storage/Software/OpenSSH/PublicKeys/debiantest.pub -O /home/akanealw/.ssh/authorized_keys ; \
+    in-target chown akanealw:akanealw /home/akanealw/.ssh/authorized_keys ; \
+    in-target chmod 600 /home/akanealw/.ssh/authorized_keys ; \
     in-target sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak ; \
     in-target sudo sed -i "s,^GRUB_TIMEOUT=.*,GRUB_TIMEOUT=0," /etc/default/grub ; \
     echo "" >> /target/etc/default/grub ; \
diff --git a/files/debian/debian-bullseye-preseed.cfg b/files/debian/debian-bullseye-preseed.cfg
index 0c6d12e..675b1e8 100755
--- a/files/debian/debian-bullseye-preseed.cfg
+++ b/files/debian/debian-bullseye-preseed.cfg
@@ -450,6 +450,12 @@ d-i preseed/late_command string \
     in-target wget http://192.168.1.50/debian/download-debian-essentials.sh -P /home/akanealw/ ; \
     in-target chmod +x /home/akanealw/download-debian-essentials.sh ; \
     in-target chown akanealw:akanealw /home/akanealw/download-debian-essentials.sh ; \
+    in-target mkdir /home/akanealw/.ssh ; \
+    in-target chown akanealw:akanealw /home/akanealw/.ssh ; \
+    in-target chmod 700 /home/akanealw/.ssh ; \
+    in-target wget http://192.168.1.50/storage/Software/OpenSSH/PublicKeys/debiantest.pub -O /home/akanealw/.ssh/authorized_keys ; \
+    in-target chown akanealw:akanealw /home/akanealw/.ssh/authorized_keys ; \
+    in-target chmod 600 /home/akanealw/.ssh/authorized_keys ; \
     in-target sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak ; \
     in-target sudo sed -i "s,^GRUB_TIMEOUT=.*,GRUB_TIMEOUT=0," /etc/default/grub ; \
     echo "" >> /target/etc/default/grub ; \