diff --git a/roles/reproducer/tasks/configure_controller.yml b/roles/reproducer/tasks/configure_controller.yml
index d22082df34..073abc8a9b 100644
--- a/roles/reproducer/tasks/configure_controller.yml
+++ b/roles/reproducer/tasks/configure_controller.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
     cifmw_sushy_emulator_sshkey_path: >-
       {{
         [_ctl_reproducer_basedir, '../.ssh/sushy_emulator-key'] |
-        path_join | realpath
+        path_join
       }}
     cifmw_podman_user_linger: "zuul"
+    cifmw_sushy_emulator_libvirt_user: "{{ hostvars[cifmw_sushy_emulator_hypervisor_target].ansible_user_id }}"
   block:
     - name: Ensure directories exist
       ansible.builtin.file:
diff --git a/roles/sushy_emulator/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/sushy_emulator/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 59aa8be9fc..dd4093437e 100644
--- a/roles/sushy_emulator/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/roles/sushy_emulator/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.add_host:
         name: "{{ cifmw_sushy_emulator_hypervisor_target }}"
         ansible_host: "{{ hostvars['instance']['ansible_default_ipv4']['address'] }}"
+        ansible_user: zuul
 
     - name: "Add host key to {{ cifmw_sushy_emulator_hypervisor_target }}"
       ansible.builtin.shell:
diff --git a/roles/sushy_emulator/tasks/collect_details.yml b/roles/sushy_emulator/tasks/collect_details.yml
index 5474cdc942..9661a81faa 100644
--- a/roles/sushy_emulator/tasks/collect_details.yml
+++ b/roles/sushy_emulator/tasks/collect_details.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     _sushy_url: "http://sushy-emulator.{{ _ingress_domain.stdout }}"
   when: cifmw_sushy_emulator_install_type == 'ocp'
 
+- debug:
+    var: "{{ hostvars[cifmw_sushy_emulator_hypervisor_target] }}"
+
 - name: Create ssh key for Sushy Emulator
   register: _sushy_emulator_key
   community.crypto.openssh_keypair: