diff --git a/app/server/core/constants.ts b/app/server/core/constants.ts
index 2adc4108..2a7aa784 100644
--- a/app/server/core/constants.ts
+++ b/app/server/core/constants.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ export const RESTIC_CACHE_DIR = process.env.RESTIC_CACHE_DIR || "/var/lib/zeroby
 
 export const DATABASE_URL = process.env.ZEROBYTE_DATABASE_URL || "/var/lib/zerobyte/data/zerobyte.db";
 export const RESTIC_PASS_FILE = process.env.RESTIC_PASS_FILE || "/var/lib/zerobyte/data/restic.pass";
-export const SSH_KEYS_DIR = "/var/lib/zerobyte/ssh";
 
 export const RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR = process.env.RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR || "/root/.config/rclone";
 export const RCLONE_CONFIG_FILE = path.join(RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR, "rclone.conf");
-export const RESTORE_BLOCKED_ROOTS = [REPOSITORY_BASE, RESTIC_CACHE_DIR, SSH_KEYS_DIR, RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR, "/app"];
+export const RESTORE_BLOCKED_ROOTS = [REPOSITORY_BASE, RESTIC_CACHE_DIR, RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR, "/app"];
 
 export const DEFAULT_EXCLUDES = [RESTIC_PASS_FILE, REPOSITORY_BASE];
 
diff --git a/apps/agent/src/volume-host/constants.ts b/apps/agent/src/volume-host/constants.ts
index c11d135d..b455a679 100644
--- a/apps/agent/src/volume-host/constants.ts
+++ b/apps/agent/src/volume-host/constants.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as path from "node:path";
 
 export const OPERATION_TIMEOUT = 5000;
 export const VOLUME_MOUNT_BASE = process.env.ZEROBYTE_VOLUMES_DIR || "/var/lib/zerobyte/volumes";
-export const SSH_KEYS_DIR = "/var/lib/zerobyte/ssh";
+export const SSH_KEYS_DIR = "/tmp/zerobyte-ssh";
 export const RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR = process.env.RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR || "/root/.config/rclone";
 export const RCLONE_CONFIG_FILE = path.join(RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR, "rclone.conf");
 const serverIdleTimeout = Number(process.env.SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT ?? 60);