diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-neuro.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-neuro.yaml
index 2ed69d07..a16caac2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-neuro.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-neuro.yaml
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ jobs:
             > "$ssh_home/.ssh/config"
           chmod 600 "$ssh_home/.ssh/config"
           export HOME="$ssh_home"
-          export NIX_SSHOPTS="-o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes -o UserKnownHostsFile=$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519"
-          ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 \
+          export NIX_SSHOPTS="-F $HOME/.ssh/config -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes -o UserKnownHostsFile=$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+          ssh -F "$HOME/.ssh/config" -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 \
             -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes \
             -o UserKnownHostsFile="$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts" \
             -o IdentitiesOnly=yes \