diff --git a/opendevin/runtime/docker/ssh_box.py b/opendevin/runtime/docker/ssh_box.py
index 22cf81857a..02310b993b 100644
--- a/opendevin/runtime/docker/ssh_box.py
+++ b/opendevin/runtime/docker/ssh_box.py
@@ -358,28 +358,24 @@ class DockerSSHBox(Sandbox):
             environment=self._env,
         )
 
-    @retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(5), wait=wait_fixed(5))
-    def __create_ssh(self):
-        try:
-            return pxssh.pxssh(
-                    echo=False,
-                    timeout=self.timeout,
-                    encoding='utf-8',
-                    codec_errors='replace',
-                )
-        except pxssh.ExceptionPxssh as e:
-            logger.exception(
-                'Failed to create SSH session, retrying...', exc_info=False
-            )
-            raise e
-
     # Use the retry decorator, with a maximum of 5 attempts and a fixed wait time of 5 seconds between attempts
     @retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(5), wait=wait_fixed(5))
-    def __ssh_login(self, hostname, username, ssh_password, ssh_port):
+    def __ssh_login(self):
         try:
-            self.ssh.login(
-                hostname, username, ssh_password, port=ssh_port
+            self.ssh = pxssh.pxssh(
+                echo=False,
+                timeout=self.timeout,
+                encoding='utf-8',
+                codec_errors='replace',
             )
+            hostname = self.ssh_hostname
+            username = 'opendevin' if self.run_as_devin else 'root'
+            logger.info(
+                f'Connecting to {username}@{hostname} via ssh. '
+                f"If you encounter any issues, you can try `ssh -v -p {self._ssh_port} {username}@{hostname}` with the password '{self._ssh_password}' and report the issue on GitHub. "
+                f"If you started OpenDevin with `docker run`, you should try `ssh -v -p {self._ssh_port} {username}@localhost` with the password '{self._ssh_password} on the host machine (where you started the container)."
+            )
+            self.ssh.login(hostname, username, self._ssh_password, port=self._ssh_port)
         except pxssh.ExceptionPxssh as e:
             logger.exception(
                 'Failed to login to SSH session, retrying...', exc_info=False
@@ -387,15 +383,7 @@ class DockerSSHBox(Sandbox):
             raise e
 
     def start_ssh_session(self):
-        self.ssh = self.__create_ssh()
-        hostname = self.ssh_hostname
-        username = 'opendevin' if self.run_as_devin else 'root'
-        logger.info(
-            f'Connecting to {username}@{hostname} via ssh. '
-            f"If you encounter any issues, you can try `ssh -v -p {self._ssh_port} {username}@{hostname}` with the password '{self._ssh_password}' and report the issue on GitHub. "
-            f"If you started OpenDevin with `docker run`, you should try `ssh -v -p {self._ssh_port} {username}@localhost` with the password '{self._ssh_password} on the host machine (where you started the container)."
-        )
-        self.__ssh_login(hostname, username, self._ssh_password, self._ssh_port)
+        self.__ssh_login()
 
         # Fix: https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect/issues/669
         self.ssh.sendline("bind 'set enable-bracketed-paste off'")
@@ -417,10 +405,10 @@ class DockerSSHBox(Sandbox):
         return bg_cmd.read_logs()
 
     def _send_interrupt(
-            self,
-            cmd: str,
-            prev_output: str = '',
-            ignore_last_output: bool = False,
+        self,
+        cmd: str,
+        prev_output: str = '',
+        ignore_last_output: bool = False,
     ) -> tuple[int, str]:
         logger.exception('Command timed out, killing process...', exc_info=False)
         # send a SIGINT to the process
@@ -435,7 +423,7 @@ class DockerSSHBox(Sandbox):
         )
 
     def execute(
-            self, cmd: str, stream: bool = False, timeout: int | None = None
+        self, cmd: str, stream: bool = False, timeout: int | None = None
     ) -> tuple[int, str | CancellableStream]:
         timeout = timeout or self.timeout
         commands = split_bash_commands(cmd)