diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/boot_server_in_docker b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/boot_server_in_docker
index 2976e27d8..4ab98e324 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/boot_server_in_docker
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/boot_server_in_docker
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ if [[ "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_DATA_SETUP:-}" != "false" ]]; then
   SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_FAIL_ON_INVALID_PROCESS_MODELS=false poetry run python bin/save_all_bpmn.py
 fi
 
+if [[ -n "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY:-}" ]]; then
+  if [[ -z "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}" ]]; then
+    export SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=$(mktemp /tmp/ssh_private_key.XXXXXX)
+  fi
+  chmod 600 "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
+  echo "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}" >"${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
+fi
+
 # Assure that the the Process Models Directory is initialized as a git repo
 git init "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR}"
 git config --global --add safe.directory "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR}"