diff --git a/src/bin/create_ssh_config.sh b/src/bin/create_ssh_config.sh
index c1bb440..cad2543 100755
--- a/src/bin/create_ssh_config.sh
+++ b/src/bin/create_ssh_config.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fi;
 # SUDO_COMMAND= as base
 # ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "${GIT_REPOSITORY_NAME}" -f "${SSH_CONFIG_BASE}${SSH_KEY_NAME}"
 # must add ".pem" if key name does not end in .pem
-SSH_COMMAND=("${SUDO_COMMAND[@]}" "ssh-keygen" "-t" "ed25519" "-N" "" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_NAME}" "-f" "${SSH_CONFIG_BASE}${GIT_REPOSITORY_NAME}.pem")
+SSH_COMMAND=("${SUDO_COMMAND[@]}" "ssh-keygen" "-t" "ed25519" "-N" "\"\"" "-C" "${GIT_REPOSITORY_NAME}" "-f" "${SSH_CONFIG_BASE}${GIT_REPOSITORY_NAME}.pem")
 SSH_CONFIG_COMMAND=("${SUDO_COMMAND[@]}" "vim" "${SSH_CONFIG_BASE}config")
 
 # debug output for now