diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index fd5efd6..dd86419 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# SSH Key
-resource "hcloud_ssh_key" "default" {
-  name       = "${var.server_name}-ssh-key"
-  public_key = var.ssh_public_key
+# SSH Key (existing)
+data "hcloud_ssh_key" "default" {
+  name = local.ssh_key_name
 }
 
 # Cloud-init script
 locals {
+  ssh_key_name = length(trimspace(var.ssh_key_name)) > 0 ? var.ssh_key_name : "${var.server_name}-ssh-key"
   user_data = templatefile("${path.module}/scripts/cloud-init.sh", {
     username           = var.username
     ssh_public_key     = var.ssh_public_key
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ resource "hcloud_server" "vps" {
   image       = var.image
   server_type = data.hcloud_server_type.selected.name
   location    = data.hcloud_location.selected.name
-  ssh_keys    = concat([hcloud_ssh_key.default.id])
+  ssh_keys    = concat([data.hcloud_ssh_key.default.id])
   user_data   = local.user_data
 
   labels = {
diff --git a/terraform.tfvars.example b/terraform.tfvars.example
index 092c6f8..54caa96 100644
--- a/terraform.tfvars.example
+++ b/terraform.tfvars.example
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ server_type    = "cax21"
 image          = "ubuntu-24.04"
 location       = "nbg1"
 ssh_public_key = "__SSH_KEY__"
+ssh_key_name   = melchiorreimers@Melchiors-MacBook-Pro.local"
 
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index f2e4602..728ceb4 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ variable "ssh_public_key" {
   type        = string
 }
 
+variable "ssh_key_name" {
+  description = "Existing Hetzner SSH key name (must already exist)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 variable "username" {
   description = "Non-root user to create"
   type        = string