ssh login issues adding keys to balena

im trying to add my ssh keys so i can use putty to ssh into my device the current mode is in production do i need to be in developer mode to use ssh to access .
error i get is when i try to use the cli
C:\Users\Oliver>balena ssh 192.168.1.222 --port 22222
ojosbourne@192.168.1.222: Permission denied (publickey).
SSH: Process exited with non-zero status code “255”

can a add my keys directly to the config .json

like this i could before on anouther setup

“hostname”:“nebra-55DFB1.local”,
“network”: {
“wifi”: {
“randomMacAddressScan”: false
},
“os”: {
“sshKeys”: [“ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABgQDA8YtPDCUXwfLqa9I1QjEg0QLbqqyiCVafflU8Nh6ngjCuxdhY/1O8EbV6HP8B1U3N8xobimRJ2gzhqhSqQCUFvzl2ruh2rP87rkyP1hC8FqQqQC0taXHdimKem6Mqo6myxXAliJVwgXo19laKKgVNwx2oqsSGyFHgaLJgoS0CXyIa/dAzm0KT94plX7w/e0OitPtSbmk8rgj0A8SjUSAuWZiJHhfQKAsY50HycCc/6WpBe4ln1IjAgUOGtXmCmuWOfeaC1PGigwM68bAXhxfGzRy9+Xczve2pFfVOJH1o5TJM/HQ9tjuB2qUteMehfp4Tj8xEZBdhcloAt+QumzbHgaoNlecicMNbKr9gq3CO9tTc4VsRacAt6QWLH4athlhjgjjI+rYswOydLGAB3aclkSdgijfhGUFz9XbEar73wnVgCCzCbNbPGXtZBFdnefYWORhhPBXHXK5RFHws1flDWVV1dzPg8PtVwc+LMESE+THZUWakubviQySbUtuKlW6EgxiM= oliver@DESKTOP-2KPAE4O”
]
}
}

Hello @oly99 did you try to move your device to developer mode?

You can modify the /mnt/boot/config.json file on the device to remove the developmentMode: true value. As always, be careful modifying this file though, as any corruption or inability to read it could render the device inaccessible.