diff --git a/Dockerfile.cord b/Dockerfile.cord
index 2261628..bc72016 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.cord
+++ b/Dockerfile.cord
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 
 ADD xos/observers/vcpe/supervisor/vcpe-observer.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
 RUN sed -i 's/ubuntu-vcpe4/trusty-server-multi-nic/' /opt/xos/cord/models.py
+RUN sed -i 's/proxy_ssh=True/proxy_ssh=False/' /opt/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config
diff --git a/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config b/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config
index baf2d8e..fe1efe0 100644
--- a/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config
+++ b/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 pretend=False
 backoff_disabled=True
 save_ansible_output=True
-proxy_ssh=False
+proxy_ssh=True
 
 [feefie]
 client_id='vicci_dev_central'