diff --git a/fish/functions/prep_vm_archinstall.fish b/fish/functions/prep_vm_archinstall.fish
index c44147e1..64502d56 100644
--- a/fish/functions/prep_vm_archinstall.fish
+++ b/fish/functions/prep_vm_archinstall.fish
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 function prep_vm_archinstall -d "Prepare archinstall files for virtual machine installation"
     read -P 'Password for virtual machine user: ' -s user_pass
 
+    ssh-copy-id -p 8022 root@localhost
+    or return
+
     set creds /tmp/creds.json
     echo '{
     "!root-password": null,