diff --git a/scripts/Common/OS/backup.fish b/scripts/Common/OS/backup.fish
index 5d432edc..58313c18 100644
--- a/scripts/Common/OS/backup.fish
+++ b/scripts/Common/OS/backup.fish
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@ function backupAction -V dir
 
     if [ -z "$VALHALLA_BACKUP_DIR" ]
         if fish "$dir/../../../lib/modules/partition/confirm.fish" "Do you wish to store the backup on an SSH server?" n
+            set -l keyVar VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_KEY
+            set -l keyPath ~root/.config/port-valhalla/valhalla
             read -xP "Please specify the host name of the SSH server: " VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER
             read -xP "Please specify the port of the SSH server (default 22): " VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_PORT
             read -xP "Please specify the name of the user to log in to the SSH server: " VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_USER
-            read -xP "Please specify the path to the key file for logging in to the SSH server: " VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_KEY
+
+            if [ -z "$$keyVar" ]
+                set -gx "$keyVar" "$keyPath"
+                mkdir -p (dirname "$keyPath")
+                ssh-keygen -f "$$keyVar" -N ""
+            end
 
             if [ -z "$VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_PORT" ]
                 set -x VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_PORT 22