diff --git a/inventory_type.go b/inventory_type.go
index e29625f..9e26b5a 100644
--- a/inventory_type.go
+++ b/inventory_type.go
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package storm
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
 type InventoryConfig struct {
 	Servers []Server `yaml:"servers"`
 }
@@ -15,4 +20,47 @@ type Server struct {
 	User         string `yaml:"user"`
 	SudoPassword string `yaml:"sudo-pass"`
 	SshPassword  string `yaml:"ssh-pass"`
+
+	// File path to the SSH private key
+	PrivateSshKey string `yaml:"private-ssh-key"`
+}
+
+// Custom UnmarshalYAML to read the private SSH key file
+func (s *Server) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	type rawServer Server // Create a new type to avoid recursion
+	raw := rawServer{
+		Port: 22, // Set default SSH port
+	}
+
+	if err := unmarshal(&raw); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if raw.PrivateSshKey != "" {
+		// Check if the file exists
+		if _, err := os.Stat(raw.PrivateSshKey); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("SSH private key file %s does not exist", raw.PrivateSshKey)
+
+			fmt.Println(err)
+
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Now read the private SSH key file content
+		keyContent, err := os.ReadFile(raw.PrivateSshKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to read SSH private key file %s: %w", raw.PrivateSshKey, err)
+
+			fmt.Println(err)
+
+			return err
+		}
+
+		raw.PrivateSshKey = string(keyContent)
+	}
+
+	// Assign unmarshaled and processed values back to the original struct
+	*s = Server(raw)
+
+	return nil
 }