diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml b/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
index cc82545..41f931a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,34 @@ jobs:
 
           cd ${{ github.workspace }}
 
-          # Configure git for better compatibility with SSL issues
-          git config --global http.sslverify false
-          git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000
+          # Test if SSH access is already configured
+          echo "Testing SSH connectivity..."
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+
+          # Try internal network access first (runner to gitea server)
+          echo "Testing internal SSH connectivity to gitea:22..."
+          ssh-keyscan -p 22 -H gitea >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null || echo "Internal SSH keyscan completed"
+
+          # Try external SSH access
+          echo "Testing external SSH connectivity to dogar.darkhelm.org:2222..."
+          ssh-keyscan -p 2222 -H dogar.darkhelm.org >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null || echo "External SSH keyscan completed"
+
+          # Check if we can connect via SSH (try internal first, then external)
+          if ssh -T git@gitea 2>&1 | grep -q "successfully authenticated\|Hi.*You've successfully authenticated"; then
+            echo "✓ Internal SSH authentication successful - using internal SSH clone"
+            git clone --depth 1 git@gitea:DarkHelm.org/plex-playlist.git .
+          elif ssh -T -p 2222 git@dogar.darkhelm.org 2>&1 | grep -q "successfully authenticated\|Hi.*You've successfully authenticated"; then
+            echo "✓ External SSH authentication successful - using external SSH clone"
+            git clone --depth 1 ssh://git@dogar.darkhelm.org:2222/DarkHelm.org/plex-playlist.git .
+          else
+            echo "⚠ SSH authentication failed - checking available SSH keys"
+            ls -la ~/.ssh/ || echo "No ~/.ssh directory"
+            echo "Available environment variables:"
+            env | grep -i ssh || echo "No SSH-related environment variables"
+            echo "Falling back to HTTP clone..."
+            git clone --depth 1 http://dogar.darkhelm.org/DarkHelm.org/plex-playlist.git .
+          fi
 
-          # Try HTTP instead of HTTPS to avoid SSL issues
-          echo "Attempting HTTP clone to avoid SSL issues..."
-          git clone --depth 1 http://dogar.darkhelm.org/DarkHelm.org/plex-playlist.git .
           git checkout ${{ github.sha }} 2>/dev/null || echo "Using HEAD commit"
 
           echo "Repository contents:"
@@ -120,12 +141,34 @@ jobs:
 
           cd ${{ github.workspace }}
 
-          # Configure git for better compatibility with SSL issues
-          git config --global http.sslverify false
-          git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000
+          # Test if SSH access is already configured
+          echo "Testing SSH connectivity..."
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+
+          # Try internal network access first (runner to gitea server)
+          echo "Testing internal SSH connectivity to gitea:22..."
+          ssh-keyscan -p 22 -H gitea >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null || echo "Internal SSH keyscan completed"
+
+          # Try external SSH access
+          echo "Testing external SSH connectivity to dogar.darkhelm.org:2222..."
+          ssh-keyscan -p 2222 -H dogar.darkhelm.org >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null || echo "External SSH keyscan completed"
+
+          # Check if we can connect via SSH (try internal first, then external)
+          if ssh -T git@gitea 2>&1 | grep -q "successfully authenticated\|Hi.*You've successfully authenticated"; then
+            echo "✓ Internal SSH authentication successful - using internal SSH clone"
+            git clone --depth 1 git@gitea:DarkHelm.org/plex-playlist.git .
+          elif ssh -T -p 2222 git@dogar.darkhelm.org 2>&1 | grep -q "successfully authenticated\|Hi.*You've successfully authenticated"; then
+            echo "✓ External SSH authentication successful - using external SSH clone"
+            git clone --depth 1 ssh://git@dogar.darkhelm.org:2222/DarkHelm.org/plex-playlist.git .
+          else
+            echo "⚠ SSH authentication failed - checking available SSH keys"
+            ls -la ~/.ssh/ || echo "No ~/.ssh directory"
+            echo "Available environment variables:"
+            env | grep -i ssh || echo "No SSH-related environment variables"
+            echo "Falling back to HTTP clone..."
+            git clone --depth 1 http://dogar.darkhelm.org/DarkHelm.org/plex-playlist.git .
+          fi
 
-          # Clone the repository
-          git clone --depth 1 https://dogar.darkhelm.org/DarkHelm.org/plex-playlist.git .
           git checkout ${{ github.sha }} 2>/dev/null || echo "Using HEAD commit"
 
           echo "Repository contents:"