diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/sshexec.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/sshexec.py
index 0e6a9c038..dab29ae03 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/sshexec.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/sshexec.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class SSHExploiter(HostExploiter):
         for user, ssh_key_pair in ssh_key_pairs_iterator:
             # Creating file-like private key for paramiko
             pkey = io.StringIO(ssh_key_pair["private_key"])
-            ssh_string = "%s@%s" % (ssh_key_pair["user"], ssh_key_pair["ip"])
+            ssh_string = "%s@%s" % (user, self.host.ip_addr)
 
             ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
             ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.WarningPolicy())