diff --git a/services/standaloneworker/Dockerfile b/services/standaloneworker/Dockerfile
index c06b01c793860d01481e50bb7c561de0d8e47e53..c3f9ebe587cce8b1eaed7eeac75b22159fc296ec 100755
--- a/services/standaloneworker/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/standaloneworker/Dockerfile
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ COPY subgid /etc/subgid
 RUN mkdir /rosetta/.ssh
 COPY keys/id_rsa.pub /rosetta/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
-#RUN ssh-keygen -A
-
 # Add rosetta user to sudoers
 RUN usermod -aG wheel rosetta
 
@@ -36,11 +34,12 @@ RUN useradd testuser -d /home/testuser -u 1001 -g 1001 -m -s /bin/bash
 RUN mkdir /home/testuser/.ssh
 COPY keys/id_rsa.pub /home/testuser/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
-
-
 # Install Docker, Singularity, various utilities including iputils (for ping) and openssh-clients (for scp)
 RUN dnf install -y docker singularity openssh-server python wget iputils openssh-clients
 
+# Generate host keys
+RUN ssh-keygen -A
+
 # Copy registries.conf to allow insecure access to internal/dev registries
 COPY registries.conf /etc/containers/registries.conf