diff --git a/deploy.pl b/deploy.pl
index dc6be4d..4641d1d 100755
--- a/deploy.pl
+++ b/deploy.pl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # 2019/05/31 added: check for OpenBSD 6.6 vmctl command line syntax change
 # 2019/09/29 added: doas.conf for pkill option
 # 2020/05/10 changed: includes all install sets, inline with sysupgrade
-# 2020/05/22 changed: set the hosts password for the user
+# 2020/05/22 changed: set the hosts password for the users
 #
 use 5.024;
 use strict;
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ sub create_accounts {
 			chomp($encrypt_pass);
 			my $output = qx(/usr/sbin/useradd -m -G $_group -p '${encrypt_pass}' $_owner);
 			open my $fh_authorized, ">>", "/home/$_owner/.ssh/authorized_keys";
-			printf $fh_authorized "%s %s\n", $_sshkey, $jot_pass;
+			printf $fh_authorized "%s\n", $_sshkey;
 			close $fh_authorized;
 			printf "%16s %s account created\n", $_instance, $_owner;
 		}