diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 95be23a4..3ab586e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: SSH into AWS EC2
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.AWS_EC2_HOST }}
+          username: ec2-user
+          key: ${{ secrets.AWS_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          script: |
+            ls
+
       - name: Update and Install libssl-dev
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update