diff --git a/src/bin/detee-cli.rs b/src/bin/detee-cli.rs
index 22ec6c5..c35630b 100644
--- a/src/bin/detee-cli.rs
+++ b/src/bin/detee-cli.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use clap::builder::PossibleValue;
+use clap::builder::{PossibleValue, ValueParser};
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use detee_cli::general::cli_handler::{
     handle_account, handle_completion, handle_operators, handle_packagers,
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ fn clap_cmd() -> Command {
             .subcommand(Command::new("ssh-pubkey-path").about("define the SSH pubkey that you want to use")
                 .arg(
                     Arg::new("path")
+                    .value_name("FILE")
+                    .value_parser(ValueParser::path_buf())
                     .help("supply path to your public SSH key")
                     .required(true)
                 )
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 949f825..510110e 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -187,9 +187,7 @@ impl Config {
     }
 
     pub fn cli_dir_path() -> Result<String, Error> {
-        let dir = std::env::var(CONFIG_OVERRIDE_PATH_ENV)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| Self::home_dir() + ("/.detee/cli"));
-
+        let dir = Self::override_path();
         if !Path::new(&dir).exists() {
             warn!("Could not config dir. Creating {dir}");
             std::fs::create_dir_all(dir.clone())?;
@@ -197,6 +195,12 @@ impl Config {
         Ok(dir)
     }
 
+    fn override_path() -> String {
+        let dir = std::env::var(CONFIG_OVERRIDE_PATH_ENV)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| Self::home_dir() + ("/.detee/cli"));
+        dir
+    }
+
     fn config_path() -> Result<String, Error> {
         let config_path = Self::cli_dir_path()? + ("/cli-config.yaml");
         Ok(config_path)
@@ -308,7 +312,13 @@ impl Config {
         if self.ssh_key_path.is_empty() {
             return Err(Error::SshKeyNoDefined);
         }
-        Ok(self.ssh_key_path.clone())
+
+        if Path::new(&self.ssh_key_path).is_absolute() {
+            Ok(self.ssh_key_path.clone())
+        } else {
+            let ssh_key_path = format!("{}/{}", Self::override_path(), &self.ssh_key_path);
+            Ok(ssh_key_path)
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn get_root_ca_path() -> Result<String, Error> {
@@ -402,13 +412,13 @@ impl Config {
             log::error!("The network is not set! To configure it, run:");
             eprintln!("    detee-cli account network testnet");
         } else {
-            account_data.network = config.network;
+            account_data.network = config.network.clone();
         }
         if config.ssh_key_path.is_empty() {
             log::error!("SSH public key path not set! To configure it, run:");
             eprintln!("    detee-cli account ssh-pubkey-path /home/your_user/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub");
         } else {
-            account_data.ssh_pubkey = config.ssh_key_path;
+            account_data.ssh_pubkey = config.get_ssh_pubkey().unwrap_or_default();
         }
         match Self::get_detee_wallet() {
             Ok(key) => {
diff --git a/src/general/cli_handler.rs b/src/general/cli_handler.rs
index a53c64b..9d7d2ac 100644
--- a/src/general/cli_handler.rs
+++ b/src/general/cli_handler.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use clap::{ArgMatches, Command};
 use clap_complete::{generate, Shell};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::io;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 pub fn handle_operators(matches: &ArgMatches) {
     match matches.subcommand() {
@@ -52,7 +53,9 @@ pub fn handle_account(matches: &ArgMatches) {
             config::Config::init_config().sign_file(&path);
         }
         Some(("ssh-pubkey-path", path_subcommand)) => {
-            let path: String = path_subcommand.get_one::<String>("path").unwrap().clone();
+            let path_buff = path_subcommand.get_one::<PathBuf>("path").unwrap().clone();
+            let canonical_path = path_buff.canonicalize().unwrap_or(path_buff);
+            let path = canonical_path.to_str().unwrap_or_default();
             config::Config::set_ssh_pubkey_path(&path);
         }
         Some(("network", path_subcommand)) => {