diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-deployment.yml
index ee428dc..a440a80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-deployment.yml
@@ -57,10 +57,14 @@ jobs:
     
         # Start the application with pm2
         pm2 start npm --name "portfolio-app" -- start
-    
+
         # Deploy the application to EC2
-        echo "${{ secrets.EC2_KEY_PAIR }}" | scp -i - -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -r portfolio-app/. ${{ env.EC2_USERNAME }}@${{ env.EC2_PUBLIC_IP }}:${{ env.DEPLOY_PATH }}
+        echo "${{ secrets.EC2_KEY_PAIR }}" > ec2_key.pem
+        chmod 600 ec2_key.pem
+        scp -i ec2_key.pem -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -r portfolio-app/. ${{ env.EC2_USERNAME }}@${{ env.EC2_PUBLIC_IP }}:${{ env.DEPLOY_PATH }}
     
         # Restart the application on EC2 using pm2
-        echo "${{ secrets.EC2_KEY_PAIR }}" | ssh -i - -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null ${{ env.EC2_USERNAME }}@${{ env.EC2_PUBLIC_IP }} "cd ${{ env.DEPLOY_PATH }} && pm2 restart portfolio-app"
+        ssh -i ec2_key.pem -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null ${{ env.EC2_USERNAME }}@${{ env.EC2_PUBLIC_IP }} "cd ${{ env.DEPLOY_PATH }} && pm2 restart portfolio-app"
     
+        # Cleanup
+        rm ec2_key.pem