diff --git a/src/ssh/sshd_start b/src/ssh/sshd_start
index 78d48a9e..54f83490 100755
--- a/src/ssh/sshd_start
+++ b/src/ssh/sshd_start
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if [[ "$SSH_ENABLE" == "1" ]]; then
     sed 's@session\s*required\s*pam_loginuid.so@session optional pam_loginuid.so@g' -i /etc/pam.d/sshd
     echo "export VISIBLE=now" >> /etc/profile
 
+    echo -e "\n" >> $PG_HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys  # ensure new line
     cat $PG_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> $PG_HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
     echo '>>> STARTING SSH SERVER...'
diff --git a/tests/ssh-connect/run.sh b/tests/ssh-connect/run.sh
index 8ded8022..891b2ab6 100755
--- a/tests/ssh-connect/run.sh
+++ b/tests/ssh-connect/run.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,11 @@ CHECKED_TEXT=
 
 if [[ "1" != `docker-compose exec pgmaster bash -c 'gosu postgres ssh -o LogLevel=QUIET -t pgslave1 "cat /tmp/ssh_check"' | grep SSH_CHECK | wc -l | tr -d ' '` ]]; then
     exit 1
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
+
+docker-compose restart pgslave
+sleep 5
+
+if [[ "1" != `docker-compose exec -T pgmaster bash -c 'gosu postgres ssh -o LogLevel=QUIET -t pgslave "cat /tmp/ssh_check"' | grep SSH_CHECK | wc -l | tr -d ' '` ]]; then
+    exit 1
+fi