diff --git a/files/rke_setup/usr/libexec/rke2/create_rke_user.sh b/files/rke_setup/usr/libexec/rke2/create_rke_user.sh
index 304390b..29e810e 100755
--- a/files/rke_setup/usr/libexec/rke2/create_rke_user.sh
+++ b/files/rke_setup/usr/libexec/rke2/create_rke_user.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 if ! id -u rke &> /dev/null; then
     echo "Creating user 'rke'"
     # Create user 'rke' with home directory using useradd
-    useradd --system -m rke
+    useradd --system -m -k /usr/libexec/rke/skel/ rke
 fi
 
 # Add 'rke' to docker group
diff --git a/files/rke_setup/usr/libexec/rke2/skel/.ssh/authorized_keys b/files/rke_setup/usr/libexec/rke2/skel/.ssh/authorized_keys
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c91924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/rke_setup/usr/libexec/rke2/skel/.ssh/authorized_keys
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-rsa 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 admin@admin-machine