diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 74af309..41dc5a2 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 WA_REPO=$HOME/wa_repos
 
 
+
+
+
 echo "################################################"
 echo "         basic init of wiseadvice node          "
 echo "################################################"
@@ -34,6 +37,37 @@ function clone_repo_with_retry(){
     fi
 }
 
+
+
+function start_ssh_agent(){
+  SHORT_HOST="${HOSTNAME/.*/}"
+  ssh_env_cache="$HOME/.ssh/environment-$SHORT_HOST"
+
+  # Oh-my-zsh compatible bash ssh-agent start script
+  function _start_agent() {
+      if [[ -f "$ssh_env_cache" ]]; then
+          . "$ssh_env_cache" > /dev/null
+      fi
+
+      if [[ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]]; then
+        return 0
+      fi
+
+      echo "Starting ssh-agent ..."
+      ssh-agent -s | sed '/^echo/d' > "$ssh_env_cache" 
+      chmod 600 "$ssh_env_cache"
+      . "$ssh_env_cache" > /dev/null
+  }
+  _start_agent 
+
+  unset ssh_env_cache
+  unset -f _start_agent
+
+  ssh-add ~/.ssh/deploy_key
+}
+
+
+
 if [ -d "$WA_REPO" ]; then
   echo "$WA_REPO does exist, skipping cloning"
   source $WA_REPO/export_client_name.sh
@@ -69,18 +103,23 @@ else
     cat $HOME/.ssh/deploy_key.pub
   fi
 
+
+
   echo " "
   echo -n "ready to pull? type yes: "
   read -r ready_to_pull
 
+
   if [ "$ready_to_pull" = "yes" ]; then
+    start_ssh_agent
+
     echo "preparing"
 
-
-    if grep -Fxq "git.service.wiseadvice.eu" $HOME/.ssh/config
+    if grep "git.service.wiseadvice.eu" $HOME/.ssh/config > /dev/null
     then
        echo "ssh configuration already set"
     else
+       echo "set ssh configuration"
        cat <<EOT >>  $HOME/.ssh/config
 Host git.service.wiseadvice.eu
         HostName git.service.wiseadvice.eu