diff --git a/openstack_deploy/ssh b/openstack_deploy/ssh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..af60fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack_deploy/ssh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../ssh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml b/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
index 53a14e7..f9ae685 100644
--- a/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
+++ b/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ haproxy_keepalived_external_interface: eth1
 haproxy_keepalived_internal_interface: eth1
 
 # Add the SSH pubkey needed for deployment
-lxc_container_ssh_key: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir ~ '/../../ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
+lxc_container_ssh_key: "{{ lookup('file', '/etc/openstack_deploy/ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
 
 # Configure SSH keys on hosts
 ssh_key_url: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/limestone-ci-cloud/plain/ssh/authorized_keys
diff --git a/scripts/run_deploy.sh b/scripts/run_deploy.sh
index a9ef774..cb41da6 100755
--- a/scripts/run_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_deploy.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
 export PROJECT_PATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT_PATH")
 export SETUP_ARA="${SETUP_ARA:-false}"
 
-cp -R ${PROJECT_PATH}/openstack_deploy /etc
+cp -RL ${PROJECT_PATH}/openstack_deploy /etc
 pushd ${PROJECT_PATH}/openstack-ansible
 source scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
 if [ "$SETUP_ARA" == true ]; then