diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 4d14908..a649e65 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ steps:
       - set -eu
       - eval `ssh-agent`
       - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-      - echo "$SSH_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+      - echo "$SSH_KEY" | base64 -d > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
       - chmod -R 600  ~/.ssh
       - ssh-add
       - echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login  --password-stdin --username="$DOCKER_USERNAME" docker.io