diff --git a/src/lib/server/database/init_db.ts b/src/lib/server/database/init_db.ts
index cd090f8..bcb5202 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/database/init_db.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/database/init_db.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 export default async function init(db: Postgres) {
   if (fs.existsSync('./articles/')) {
     console.log('Pulling articles from git..');
-    const stdout = execSync('git pull', { cwd: './articles/' });
+    const stdout = execSync('git -c core.sshCommand="ssh -i ../key -F /dev/null" pull', { cwd: './articles/' });
     console.log(stdout.toString());
   }