diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d3209fa..afdf668 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,45 +1,47 @@
-default:
-  image: $CONTAINER_REGISTRY_DOMAIN_WITH_ORG/gitlab-runner-image
+# default:
+#   image: $CONTAINER_REGISTRY_DOMAIN_WITH_ORG/gitlab-runner-image
 
-variables:
-    VM_DISK_OUTPUT_DIR: "/rockyDisks"
-    SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH: "/secureFiles"
+# variables:
+#     VM_DISK_OUTPUT_DIR: "/rockyDisks"
+#     SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH: "/secureFiles"
 
-stages:
-  - build
-  - build-push
+# stages:
+#   - build
+#   - build-push
 
-build-builder-vm-disk:
-  stage: build
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-      changes:
-        - scripts/utils/**/*
-        - scripts/setupBuilder/**/*
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-    - /rockyDisks
-  variables:
-    # Values should match the ones in .devcontainer/.env
-    ROCKY_VERSION: "9.4"
-    VM_DISK_FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD: "Rocky-9-GenericCloud-Base-9.4-20240609.0.x86_64.qcow2"
-    BASE_DISK_FILEPATH: "$VM_DISK_OUTPUT_DIR/$VM_DISK_FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD"
-    OUTPUT_FILE_PATH: "$VM_DISK_OUTPUT_DIR/$VM_DISK_FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD-$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
-  script:
-    - ./scripts/setupBuilder/main.sh
+# build-builder-vm-disk:
+#   stage: build
+#   rules:
+#     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+#       changes:
+#         - scripts/utils/**/*
+#         - scripts/setupBuilder/**/*
+#         - .gitlab-ci.yml
+#   artifacts:
+#     paths:
+#     - /rockyDisks
+#   variables:
+#     # Values should match the ones in .devcontainer/.env
+#     ROCKY_VERSION: "9.4"
+#     VM_DISK_FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD: "Rocky-9-GenericCloud-Base-9.4-20240609.0.x86_64.qcow2"
+#     BASE_DISK_FILEPATH: "$VM_DISK_OUTPUT_DIR/$VM_DISK_FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD"
+#     OUTPUT_FILE_PATH: "$VM_DISK_OUTPUT_DIR/$VM_DISK_FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD-$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
+#   script:
+#     - ./scripts/setupBuilder/main.sh
 
-# This job is NOT using the host's Docker, but the one within the VM that is generated from the job above
-# The VM is needed due to the bootc build process requiring a full Rocky host to be used for it
-build-push-base-image:
-  stage: build-push
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-      changes:
-        - scripts/utils/**/*
-        - scripts/setupBuilder/**/*
-        - scripts/buildPushBootcContainerImage/**/*
-  variables:
-    OUTPUT_BOOTC_IMAGE_NAME: "rocky9-bootc:$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
-    OUTPUT_BOOTC_IMAGE_NAME_LATEST: "rocky9-bootc:latest"
-  script:
-    - ./scripts/buildPushBootcContainerImage/main.sh
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+# # This job is NOT using the host's Docker, but the one within the VM that is generated from the job above
+# # The VM is needed due to the bootc build process requiring a full Rocky host to be used for it
+# build-push-base-image:
+#   stage: build-push
+#   rules:
+#     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+#       changes:
+#         - scripts/utils/**/*
+#         - scripts/setupBuilder/**/*
+#         - scripts/buildPushBootcContainerImage/**/*
+#         - .gitlab-ci.yml
+#   variables:
+#     OUTPUT_BOOTC_IMAGE_NAME: "rocky9-bootc:$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
+#     OUTPUT_BOOTC_IMAGE_NAME_LATEST: "rocky9-bootc:latest"
+#   script:
+#     - ./scripts/buildPushBootcContainerImage/main.sh
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diff --git a/scripts/utils/initSSHclient.sh b/scripts/utils/initSSHclient.sh
index c602a30..fb300aa 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/initSSHclient.sh
+++ b/scripts/utils/initSSHclient.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ if [ -n "$CI" ]; then
     mkdir $SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH
     echo $BUILDER_PUBLIC_KEY > $SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH/id_ed25519.pub
     echo $BUILDER_PRIVATE_KEY > $SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH/id_ed25519
+    chmod -R 600 $SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH
 fi
 
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