diff --git a/source/scripts/collect-logs-sftp.sh.txt b/source/scripts/collect-logs-sftp.sh.txt
index faa624d367..0c6f1563bb 100644
--- a/source/scripts/collect-logs-sftp.sh.txt
+++ b/source/scripts/collect-logs-sftp.sh.txt
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ if [ $COLLECT_LOGS == true ]; then
 echo 'COLLECT_LOGS set to $COLLECT_LOGS. Beginning the process...'
 for app_server in $(dig +short -4 appserver.$ENV.$SITE_UUID.drush.in);
 do
-    echo "get -R logs \"app_server_$app_server\"" | sftp -o Port=2222 "$ENV.$SITE_UUID@$app_server"
+    echo "get -R logs \"app_server_$app_server\"" | sftp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o Port=2222 "$ENV.$SITE_UUID@$app_server"
 done
 
 # Include MySQL logs
 for db_server in $(dig +short -4 dbserver.$ENV.$SITE_UUID.drush.in);
 do
-    echo "get -R logs \"db_server_$db_server\"" | sftp -o Port=2222 "$ENV.$SITE_UUID@$db_server"
+    echo "get -R logs \"db_server_$db_server\"" | sftp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o Port=2222 "$ENV.$SITE_UUID@$db_server"
 done
 else
 echo 'skipping the collection of logs..'
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ fi
 if [ $CLEANUP_AGGREGATE_DIR == true ]; then
 echo 'CLEANUP_AGGREGATE_DIR set to $CLEANUP_AGGREGATE_DIR. Cleaning up the aggregate-logs directory'
 find ./aggregate-logs/ -name 'nginx-access*' -print -exec rm {} \;
-fi
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+fi