diff --git a/gitlib/gitlib.py b/gitlib/gitlib.py
index c97bc99..8f5d3f8 100755
--- a/gitlib/gitlib.py
+++ b/gitlib/gitlib.py
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ class OpengnsysGitLibrary:
         self.logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         self.logger.debug(f"Initializing. Cache = {require_cache}, ntfs = {ntfs_implementation}")
 
+        self.logger.debug("Ensuring SSH can't ask for passwords on the console")
+        os.environ["SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE"] = "force"
+        os.environ["SSH_ASKPASS"] = "/bin/false"
+
+
         self.fs = FilesystemLibrary(ntfs_implementation = ntfs_implementation)
         self.disk = DiskLibrary()
         #self.ntfs = NTFSLibrary()