diff --git a/morph/grid/local/grid.nix b/morph/grid/local/grid.nix
index ae80a2af577909a513cee3dfc2c599f6fa97d0aa..18556775c75aeba2d98087881c6b3f76d605c160 100644
--- a/morph/grid/local/grid.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/local/grid.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let
   # Configure deployment management authorization for all systems in the grid.
   deployment = {
     services.private-storage.deployment = {
-      authorizedKey = config.deployKey;
+      authorizedKey = builtins.readFile "${config.publicKeyPath}/deploy_key.pub";
       gridName = "local";
     };
   };
diff --git a/morph/grid/local/private-keys/deploy_key b/morph/grid/local/private-keys/deploy_key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c8807906eca2a818d2807e2512d03642d038edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/morph/grid/local/private-keys/deploy_key
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
+b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
+QyNTUxOQAAACADU1IBThyH0blWBG8afIA/h/bmVdUQkFAuAIQgAWE+ewAAAJjsA+8c7APv
+HAAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACADU1IBThyH0blWBG8afIA/h/bmVdUQkFAuAIQgAWE+ew
+AAAED6aLiQi/K2qG8sLsvV8Xar9PjJeFxKfb+GUvmseu8TqQNTUgFOHIfRuVYEbxp8gD+H
+9uZV1RCQUC4AhCABYT57AAAADmV4YXJrdW5AYmFyeW9uAQIDBAUGBw==
+-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/morph/grid/local/public-keys/deploy_key.pub b/morph/grid/local/public-keys/deploy_key.pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..15d38cefef61e5f2008efa949ff36245677f8426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/morph/grid/local/public-keys/deploy_key.pub
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIANTUgFOHIfRuVYEbxp8gD+H9uZV1RCQUC4AhCABYT57 exarkun@baryon