diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
index 8f8f3f28..5f536f6c 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
@@ -960,6 +960,61 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 		}
 
 
+		private void DisableHostKeyCheckingForHost (string host)
+		{
+
+			string ssh_config_file_path = Path.Combine (SparklePaths.HomePath, ".ssh", "config");
+			string ssh_config = "Host " + host + "\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no";
+
+			if (File.Exists (ssh_config_file_path)) {
+
+				TextWriter writer = File.AppendText (ssh_config_file_path);
+				writer.WriteLine ("\n" + ssh_config);
+				writer.Close ();
+
+			} else {
+
+  				TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter (ssh_config_file_path);
+				writer.WriteLine (ssh_config);
+				writer.Close ();
+  
+			}
+
+		}
+		
+
+		private void EnableHostKeyCheckingForHost (string host)
+		{
+
+			string ssh_config_file_path = Path.Combine (SparklePaths.HomePath, ".ssh", "config");
+			string ssh_config = "Host " + host + "\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no";
+
+			if (File.Exists (ssh_config_file_path)) {
+
+				StreamReader reader = new StreamReader (ssh_config_file_path);
+				string current_ssh_config = reader.ReadToEnd ();
+				reader.Close ();
+				
+				if (current_ssh_config.Equals (ssh_config)) {
+				
+  					File.Delete (ssh_config_file_path);
+				
+				} else {
+  				
+   					current_ssh_config = current_ssh_config.Remove (current_ssh_config.IndexOf (ssh_config),
+   						ssh_config.Length);
+     		
+					TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter (ssh_config_file_path);
+					writer.WriteLine (current_ssh_config);
+					writer.Close ();
+
+				}
+
+			}
+
+		}
+
+
 		public void FetchFolder (string url, string name)
 		{
 
@@ -1051,7 +1106,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 					FolderFetchError ();
 
 			};
-			
+
 
 			fetcher.Start ();