diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
index a3d52d05..06706f16 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ chmod 700 /mnt/sysimage/root/.ssh/
 cp /root/.ssh/authorized_keys /mnt/sysimage/root/.ssh/
 chmod 600 /mnt/sysimage/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
 cp /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts /mnt/sysimage/etc/ssh/
-cp /tmp/allnodes /mnt/sysimage/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv
-cp /tmp/allnodes /mnt/sysimage/root/.shosts
 cp -a /etc/confluent /mnt/sysimage/etc
 nodename=$(grep ^NODENAME /etc/confluent.info|awk '{print $2}')
 curl -f -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $nodename" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $(cat /etc/confluent.apikey)" https://$mgr/confluent-api/self/nodelist > /tmp/allnodes
+cp /tmp/allnodes /mnt/sysimage/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv
+cp /tmp/allnodes /mnt/sysimage/root/.shosts