diff --git a/scripts/start_deployment.sh b/scripts/start_deployment.sh
index 6f97f32..c229f28 100755
--- a/scripts/start_deployment.sh
+++ b/scripts/start_deployment.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ deploymentrepo="$TMP/deployments"
 
 [ -d $deploymentrepo ] && rm -rf $deploymentrepo 
 
-git clone "$DEPLOYMENTS" $deploymentrepo
+GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -vvv" git clone "$DEPLOYMENTS" $deploymentrepo
 [ ! -d $deploymentrepo ] && echo "deployments could not be cloned aborting" && exit 1
 
 echo "$deploymentrepo"