diff --git a/scripts/lib/restoration.fish b/scripts/lib/restoration.fish
index d85707f9..3e40056e 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/restoration.fish
+++ b/scripts/lib/restoration.fish
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ function initBackupConfig -V dir -d "Fetches the configuration by prompting the
                     "Please specify the path to the directory to load the backup from: " \
                     "Please specify the path to the backup directory: "
 
-                if [ -z "$$keyVar" ]
-                    set -gx "$keyVar" "$keyPath"
-                    sudo mkdir -p (dirname "$keyPath")
-                    sudo ssh-keygen -f "$$keyVar" -N ""
-                end
-
                 if $confirm $ssh[$index] n
                     read -gxP $server[$index] VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER
                     read -gxP $port[$index] VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_PORT
@@ -52,6 +46,12 @@ function initBackupConfig -V dir -d "Fetches the configuration by prompting the
                 if [ -n "$VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER" ]
                     set -l sshArgs
 
+                    if [ -z "$$keyVar" ]
+                        set -gx "$keyVar" "$keyPath"
+                        sudo mkdir -p (dirname "$keyPath")
+                        sudo ssh-keygen -f "$$keyVar" -N ""
+                    end
+
                     if [ -n "$VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_PORT" ]
                         set -a sshArgs -p "$VALHALLA_BACKUP_SERVER_PORT"
                     end