diff --git a/ledgergw/management/commands/cba_sync.py b/ledgergw/management/commands/cba_sync.py
index b2118e8dc..2014f6f94 100644
--- a/ledgergw/management/commands/cba_sync.py
+++ b/ledgergw/management/commands/cba_sync.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
                     print ("removing "+lbf)
                     os.remove(local_bank_directory+lbf)
                 
-                result = subprocess.check_output('echo "ls '+remote_bank_directory+'" | sftp  -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /tmp/bank.key '+sftp_username+'@'+sftp_host, shell=True, text=True)
+                result = subprocess.check_output('echo "ls '+remote_bank_directory+'" | sftp  -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa -o PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /tmp/bank.key '+sftp_username+'@'+sftp_host, shell=True, text=True)
                 sftpfiles = result.split("\n")
                 for file in sftpfiles:
                     sftp_file = file.strip()
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
                             print ("File already exists not downloading "+file_only)
                         else:      
                             print ('downloading file '+file_only)
-                            get_resp = subprocess.check_output('echo "get '+sftp_file+' '+local_bank_directory+'" | sftp  -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /tmp/bank.key '+sftp_username+'@'+sftp_host, shell=True, text=True)
+                            get_resp = subprocess.check_output('echo "get '+sftp_file+' '+local_bank_directory+'" | sftp  -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa -o PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /tmp/bank.key '+sftp_username+'@'+sftp_host, shell=True, text=True)
                             #print (get_resp)
                 os.remove('/tmp/bank.key')
             except Exception as e: