diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/clone_process_models b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/clone_process_models
index 24a09188..01e717ef 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/clone_process_models
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/clone_process_models
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ if [[ -d "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR}/lost+found" ]]; then
   rm -r "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR}/lost+found"
 fi
 
+export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -F /dev/null -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
 git clone -b "$SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_SOURCE_BRANCH" "$SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_GIT_PUBLISH_CLONE_URL" "$SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"