diff --git a/morph/lib/make-storage.nix b/morph/lib/make-storage.nix
index a9c968c285cf7c252a72b9fb90608a1138c85c66..c286106a18caca4a575305f0fa897aedaac60c55 100644
--- a/morph/lib/make-storage.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/make-storage.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 , ...
 }: rec {
   deployment = {
+    targetHost = cfg.publicIPv4;
+
     secrets = {
       "ristretto-signing-key" = {
         source = ristrettoSigningKeyPath;
diff --git a/morph/lib/make-testing.nix b/morph/lib/make-testing.nix
index bb254d1aa3ef9dd3edaf93693b2bd52f1e42a74c..ee1e2db49ba337578312866f737e216f961dc152 100644
--- a/morph/lib/make-testing.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/make-testing.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { publicIPv4, hardware, publicStoragePort, ristrettoSigningKeyPath, passValue, sshUsers, stateVersion, ... }: rec {
 
   deployment = {
+    targetHost = publicIPv4;
+
     secrets = {
       "ristretto-signing-key" = {
         source = ristrettoSigningKeyPath;