diff --git a/nitro-nodes-setup/run-nitro-nodes.yml b/nitro-nodes-setup/run-nitro-nodes.yml
index 036d940..d1798c9 100644
--- a/nitro-nodes-setup/run-nitro-nodes.yml
+++ b/nitro-nodes-setup/run-nitro-nodes.yml
@@ -30,15 +30,23 @@
         recurse: yes
 
     - name: Clone go-nitro stack repo
-      command: laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/nitro-stack --git-ssh --pull
+      expect:
+        command: laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/nitro-stack --git-ssh --pull
+        responses:
+          "Are you sure you want to continue connecting \\(yes/no/\\[fingerprint\\]\\)\\?": "yes"
+      timeout: 300
       ignore_errors: yes
 
     - name: Clone repositories required for nitro-stack
-      command: laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/nitro-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/nitro-node setup-repositories --git-ssh --pull
+      expect:
+        command: laconic-so --stack {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/cerc/nitro-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/nitro-node setup-repositories --git-ssh --pull
+        responses:
+          "Are you sure you want to continue connecting \\(yes/no/\\[fingerprint\\]\\)\\?": "yes"
+      timeout: 300
       ignore_errors: yes
 
     - name: Build containers
-      command: laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/nitro-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/nitro-node build-containers --force-rebuild
+      command: laconic-so --stack {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/cerc/nitro-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/nitro-node build-containers --force-rebuild
       when: not skip_container_build
 
     - name: Generate spec file for L1 nitro node