diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 079ccb78209e..286f306bdf5a 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -46,14 +46,12 @@ echo "Translate to html"
 mkdir -p $SPHINX_DIR
 sphinx-build -b html -j 4 $MIGRATE_DIR $SPHINX_DIR 2>&1 | tee -a $REPORT_FILE
 
-echo "Setting credentials"
+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 clone $LIVE_REPO $REPO_DIR 2>&1 | tee -a $REPORT_FILE
+git -c core.sshCommand="$SSH_COMMAND" clone $LIVE_REPO $REPO_DIR 2>&1 | tee -a $REPORT_FILE
 
 echo "Checking out $GIT_LIVE_BRANCH"
 cd $REPO_DIR
@@ -63,12 +61,13 @@ 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
 
-echo "Commit and push to $GIT_LIVE_BRANCH, with message $GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE" 2>&1 | tee -a ../$REPORT_FILE
+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
 
+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 ../$REPORT_FILE
 git push -f 2>&1 | tee -a ../$REPORT_FILE