diff --git a/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline.json b/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline.json
index 179282f..d1fd61b 100644
--- a/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline.json
+++ b/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline.json
@@ -34,5 +34,14 @@
         ],
         "retryCount": 0,
         "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "copy .env to k3s-vm-1",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
     }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh b/gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5bce28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source .env
+
+for i in {1..10}; do
+    # Check if the instance is running
+    INSTANCE_STATUS=$(gcloud compute instances describe k3s-vm-1 --zone=us-central1-a --project="$PROJECT_NAME" --format='get(status)')
+    if [[ "$INSTANCE_STATUS" != "RUNNING" ]]; then
+        echo "Instance k3s-vm-1 is not running. Attempt $i/10. Waiting 5 seconds..."
+        sleep 5
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Check if the directory exists on the remote host
+    if gcloud compute ssh k3s-vm-1 --zone=us-central1-a --project="$PROJECT_NAME" --command="test -d /opt/src/infctl-cli/"; then
+        echo "/opt/src/infctl-cli/ exists on k3s-vm-1."
+        break
+    else
+        echo "/opt/src/infctl-cli/ does not exist yet. Attempt $i/10. Waiting 5 seconds..."
+        sleep 5
+    fi
+done
+
+# Final check after loop
+if ! gcloud compute ssh k3s-vm-1 --zone=us-central1-a --project="$PROJECT_NAME" --command="test -d /opt/src/infctl-cli/"; then
+    echo "ERROR: /opt/src/infctl-cli/ does not exist on k3s-vm-1 after 10 attempts. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+gcloud compute scp .env  k3s-vm-1:/opt/src/infctl-cli/.env --zone=us-central1-a --project=$PROJECT_NAME
+