diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index ea144d79..57a444eb 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@
 - set_fact: archivematica_src_configure_ss_api_key={{ 999999999999999999999 | random | to_uuid | hash('md5') }}
   when: "archivematica_src_configure_ss_api_key is undefined and archivematica_src_configure_ss|bool"
 
+- name: "Get SS API Key"
+  shell: >
+    echo "select key from tastypie_apikey where id in (select id from auth_user where username = '{{ archivematica_src_configure_ss_user }}');"
+    | {{ archivematica_src_ss_virtualenv }}/bin/python manage.py dbshell
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ archivematica_src_ss_app }}"
+    executable: /bin/bash
+  environment: "{{ archivematica_src_ss_environment }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ archivematica_src_configure_ss_url|urlsplit('hostname') }}"
+  become: yes
+  remote_user: "{{ archivematica_src_configure_ss_ssh_user | default('artefactual') }}"
+  register: archivematica_src_configure_ss_api_key_temp
+  when: "archivematica_src_configure_dashboard|bool and archivematica_src_configure_ss_api_key is undefined"
+
+- set_fact: archivematica_src_configure_ss_api_key="{{ archivematica_src_configure_ss_api_key_temp.stdout }}"
+  when: "archivematica_src_configure_dashboard|bool and archivematica_src_configure_ss_api_key_temp.stdout is defined"
+
 - name: "Check for default SS user"
   become: "yes"
   shell: echo 'select username from auth_user where (id=1 and last_login is NULL and first_name="" and last_name="" and email="x@x.com" and username="test");'  | {{ archivematica_src_ss_virtualenv }}/bin/python manage.py dbshell