diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 86391c7..619dbfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       # check this thread to understand why its needed:
       # https://stackoverflow.com/a/70447517
       run: |
-        install -m 600 -D /dev/null ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-        echo "${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-        ssh-keyscan -H ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }} > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+        touch ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+        echo "${{ env.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+        ssh-keyscan -H ${{ env.SSH_HOST }} > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
     - name: connect and pull
-      run: ssh ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}@${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }} "cd ${{ secrets.WORK_DIR }} && git checkout ${{ secrets.MAIN_BRANCH }} && git pull && exit"
+      run: ssh ${{ env.SSH_USER }}@${{ env.SSH_HOST }} "cd ${{ env.WORK_DIR }} && git checkout ${{ env.MAIN_BRANCH }} && git pull && exit"
     - name: cleanup
       run: rm -rf ~/.ssh