diff --git a/templates/test_nova.sh.erb b/templates/test_nova.sh.erb
index a42d1c2..d6eaadf 100644
--- a/templates/test_nova.sh.erb
+++ b/templates/test_nova.sh.erb
@@ -72,5 +72,6 @@ nova --no-cache add-floating-ip $instance_name $floating_ip
 # Wait  and then try to SSH to the node, leveraging the private key
 # we generated earlier.
 sleep <%= sleep_time %>
-ssh $login_user@$floating_ip -i /tmp/id_rsa
+ssh $login_user@$floating_ip -i /tmp/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no hostname
 <% end -%>
+exit 0