diff --git a/Parlance/Services/RemoteCommunication/RemoteCommunicationService.cs b/Parlance/Services/RemoteCommunication/RemoteCommunicationService.cs
index ed3b2830..04d534c0 100644
--- a/Parlance/Services/RemoteCommunication/RemoteCommunicationService.cs
+++ b/Parlance/Services/RemoteCommunication/RemoteCommunicationService.cs
@@ -16,14 +16,21 @@ public RemoteCommunicationService(ParlanceContext dbContext)
     public Credentials CredentialsHandler(string url, string usernameFromUrl, SupportedCredentialTypes types)
     {
         //TODO: Check number of retries
-        var key = _dbContext.SshKeys.First();
-        
-        return new SshKeyMemoryCredentials
+        try
         {
-            Username = usernameFromUrl,
-            PublicKey = key.SshKeyContents,
-            PrivateKey = key.SshPrivateKeyContents
-        };
+            var key = _dbContext.SshKeys.First();
+            
+            return new SshKeyMemoryCredentials
+            {
+                Username = usernameFromUrl,
+                PublicKey = key.SshKeyContents,
+                PrivateKey = key.SshPrivateKeyContents
+            };
+        }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException)
+        {
+            return new DefaultCredentials();
+        }
     }
 
     public bool CertificateCheckHandler(Certificate certificate, bool valid, string host)