diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 33bd51fa..639ac881 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -96,4 +96,5 @@ pyflakes==1.5.0
 billiard==3.5.0.3
 amqp==2.2.1
 vine==1.1.4
-file:///home/test/projects/Nico/cdist-pcoder/cdist/#egg=cdist-web
+#git+https://github.com/pcoder/cdist.git#egg=cdist-web
+file:///home/mravi/gitprojects/cdist-pcoder/cdist/#egg=cdist-web
diff --git a/utils/tasks.py b/utils/tasks.py
index 692e9e42..7e015df7 100644
--- a/utils/tasks.py
+++ b/utils/tasks.py
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
-from dynamicweb.celery import app
-from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
-from django.conf import settings
-from cdist.integration import configure_hosts_simple
 import cdist
 import tempfile
-import pathlib
+from cdist.integration import configure_hosts_simple
+from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from dynamicweb.celery import app
 
 logger = get_task_logger(__name__)
 
 
 @app.task(bind=True, max_retries=settings.CELERY_MAX_RETRIES)
-def save_ssh_key(hosts, keys):
+def save_ssh_key(self, hosts, keys):
     """
     Saves ssh key into the VMs of a user using cdist
 
     :param hosts: A list of hosts to be configured
     :param keys: A list of keys to be added
     """
-    # Generate manifest to be used for configuring the hosts
+    return_value = True
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp_manifest:
-        tmp_manifest.writelines(['__ssh_authorized_keys root \\',
+        # Generate manifest to be used for configuring the hosts
+        tmp_manifest.writelines([b'__ssh_authorized_keys root \\',
                                  '  --key "{keys}"'.format(
-                                     keys='\n'.join(keys))])
-
-        f = pathlib.Path(tmp_manifest.name)
-        configure_hosts_simple(hosts,
-                               tmp_manifest.name,
-                               verbose=cdist.argparse.VERBOSE_TRACE)
-
-
+                                     keys='\n'.join(keys)).encode('utf-8')])
+        try:
+            configure_hosts_simple(hosts,
+                                   tmp_manifest.name,
+                                   verbose=cdist.argparse.VERBOSE_TRACE)
+        except Exception as cdist_exception:
+            logger.error(cdist_exception)
+            return_value = False
+    return return_value