diff --git a/repo-mgmt b/repo-mgmt
index b4205fa..68b056b 100755
--- a/repo-mgmt
+++ b/repo-mgmt
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function publish_repo() {
   local ssh_priv_key_path="$(jq -r '.ssh_priv_key_path' $CONFIG)"
   
   message_blue_double_colon "Publishing files to remote webserver: ${remote_user}@${remote_server}:${remote_path}/"
-  rsync -a --delete --progress --rsync-path="mkdir -p ${remote_path} && rsync" "${REPO_DIR}/" "${remote_user}@${remote_server}:${remote_path}"
+  rsync -a --delete -e "ssh -i ${ssh_priv_key_path}" --progress --rsync-path="mkdir -p ${remote_path} && rsync" "${REPO_DIR}/" "${remote_user}@${remote_server}:${remote_path}"
 }
 
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