diff --git a/tools/migration/initial-connection-to-server.sh b/tools/migration/initial-connection-to-server.sh
index b725ee3..5da2690 100755
--- a/tools/migration/initial-connection-to-server.sh
+++ b/tools/migration/initial-connection-to-server.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ if ! [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if ! [ "$HOSTNAME" = "link" ]; then
+    echo "this should only be ran on link"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 scp \
-    -i /etc/ixvd/secrets/ssh/keys/master/ixvd-master \
     /etc/ixvd/secrets/ssh/keys/master/ixvd-master \
     root@$1:.ssh/id_rsa
 
 ssh \
-    -i /etc/ixvd/secrets/ssh/keys/master/ixvd-master \
     root@$1 \
     chmod 600 .ssh/id_rsa
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