diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 286f306bdf5a..27c82282d127 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ echo "Setting ssh key"
 echo $BUILD_SSH_KEY > $WORK_DIR/id_priv
 SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i $WORK_DIR/id_priv"
 echo $SSH_COMMAND
+git config core.sshcommand $SSH_COMMAND
 echo "Cloning $LIVE_REPO $REPO_DIR"
+git config core.sshcommand
 git -c core.sshCommand="$SSH_COMMAND" clone $LIVE_REPO $REPO_DIR 2>&1 | tee -a $REPORT_FILE
-
+git config core.sshcommand
 echo "Checking out $GIT_LIVE_BRANCH"
 cd $REPO_DIR
 git checkout $GIT_LIVE_BRANCH 2>&1 | tee -a ../$REPORT_FILE
@@ -61,12 +63,14 @@ mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
 echo "cp -r ../$SPHINX_DIR/* $BUILD_DIR" 2>&1 | tee -a ../$REPORT_FILE
 cp -r ../$SPHINX_DIR/* $BUILD_DIR 2>&1 | tee -a ../$REPORT_FILE
 
+git config core.sshcommand
 echo "Setting credentials"
 git config user.email "noreply_build_worker@cloudflare.com"
 git config user.name "Cloudflare build worker"
 git config core.pager cat
 git config --list
 
+git config core.sshcommand
 echo "Commit and push to $GIT_LIVE_BRANCH, with message $GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE" 2>&1 | tee -a ../$REPORT_FILE
 git add . 2>&1 | tee -a ../$REPORT_FILE
 git commit -m "$GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE" 2>&1 | tee -a ../$REPORT_FILE