diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8c4c48..e475d79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ export UPLOAD_DIRECTORY=/var/www/csc-cloud-images
 export UPLOAD_BASE_URL=http://biloba.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csc-cloud-images
 # notification emails will be sent here
 export EMAIL_RECIPIENT=root@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
-# directory where SSH keys are stored to SSH into VMs created in CloudStack
-export SSH_KEY_PATH=~/.ssh
+# path of SSH key used to SSH into VMs created in CloudStack
+export SSH_KEY_PATH=~/.ssh/id_rsa_cloudstack
 ```
 
 Finally: