diff --git a/release_version.txt b/release_version.txt
index ac7a34b..f5b5629 100644
--- a/release_version.txt
+++ b/release_version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.5,homestore ==> hs01
+1.9.6,storage healthcheck - ignore known_hosts
diff --git a/scripts/healthcheck/storage_health_check.sh b/scripts/healthcheck/storage_health_check.sh
index a72528e..8077884 100755
--- a/scripts/healthcheck/storage_health_check.sh
+++ b/scripts/healthcheck/storage_health_check.sh
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ get_user_hosts() {
     local Domain=${2}
 
     Cmd="curl -s http://cloud23.cvtt.vpn:6789/admin/cvtt_hosts"
-    Cmd="${Cmd} | ${HOME}/bin/hjson -j"
-    Cmd="${Cmd} | jq -r"
-    Cmd="${Cmd} --arg domain \"${Domain}\""
-    Cmd="${Cmd} --arg usr \"${User}\""
-    Cmd="${Cmd} '.[\$domain] | to_entries[] | select(.value.users[] | contains(\$usr)) | .key'"
+    Cmd+=" | ${HOME}/bin/hjson -j"
+    Cmd+=" | jq -r"
+    Cmd+=" --arg domain \"${Domain}\""
+    Cmd+=" --arg usr \"${User}\""
+    Cmd+=" '.[\$domain] | to_entries[] | select(.value.users[] | contains(\$usr)) | .key'"
 
-    Cmd="${Cmd} | sed  's/\$/.${Domain}/'"
+    Cmd+=" | sed  's/\$/.${Domain}/'"
     eval ${Cmd}
 }
 
@@ -66,13 +66,16 @@ function storage_check() {
         else
             port=22
         fi
-        Cmd="ssh -p ${port} $host"
-        Cmd="${Cmd} eval \"df -hTl"
-        Cmd="${Cmd} -x squashfs"
-        Cmd="${Cmd} -x tmpfs"
-        Cmd="${Cmd} -x vfat"
-        Cmd="${Cmd} -x devtmpfs"
-        Cmd="${Cmd} | grep -v Filesystem\""
+        Cmd="ssh -p ${port}"
+        Cmd+=" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"
+        Cmd+=" -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"
+        Cmd+="  $host"
+        Cmd+=" eval \"df -hTl"
+        Cmd+=" -x squashfs"
+        Cmd+=" -x tmpfs"
+        Cmd+=" -x vfat"
+        Cmd+=" -x devtmpfs"
+        Cmd+=" | grep -v Filesystem\""
 
         IFS=$'\n' ; lines=$(eval ${Cmd})
         for ln in $lines