diff --git a/task b/task
index 1ed45ab5..06f49808 100755
--- a/task
+++ b/task
@@ -963,6 +963,8 @@ function test-container() {
             if [ ! -f "tmp/ed25519" ]; then
                 ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C admin@example.com -f tmp/ed25519 -N ""
             fi
+            eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
+            ssh-add tmp/ed25519 || (entrypoint-log "Dumping tmp/ed25519 content:" && cat tmp/ed25519)
             GIT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY=$(cat tmp/ed25519 | base64 -w0)
             GIT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY=$(cat tmp/ed25519.pub)
         fi