diff --git a/sshuttle/runner.go b/sshuttle/runner.go
index c629d8d..09a8e82 100644
--- a/sshuttle/runner.go
+++ b/sshuttle/runner.go
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ func (b Runner) Run(data environment.Config, dryRun bool, args ...string) error
 			networksPath,
 			cidrPath),
 
-		fmt.Sprintf(`sshuttle --ssh-cmd "ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i ${ssh_key_path}" -r ubuntu@"%s" "${cidrs}"`,
+		fmt.Sprintf(`sshuttle --ssh-cmd "ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i ${ssh_key_path}" -r %s@"%s" "${cidrs}"`,
+			data.OpsManager.SshUser,
 			data.OpsManager.IP.String()),
 	}
 
diff --git a/sshuttle/runner_test.go b/sshuttle/runner_test.go
index 968eb54..e5726d6 100644
--- a/sshuttle/runner_test.go
+++ b/sshuttle/runner_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ var _ = Describe("sshuttle runner", func() {
 		url, _ := url.Parse("https://www.test-url.io")
 		data = environment.Config{
 			OpsManager: environment.OpsManager{
+				SshUser:      "ssh_user",
 				PrivateKey:   "private-key-contents",
 				IP:           net.ParseIP("10.0.0.6"),
 				URL:          *url,
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ var _ = Describe("sshuttle runner", func() {
 			`trap 'rm -f ${ssh_key_path}' EXIT`,
 			`chmod 0600 "${ssh_key_path}"`,
 			`cidrs="$(OM_CLIENT_ID='client_id' OM_CLIENT_SECRET='client_secret' OM_USERNAME='username' OM_PASSWORD='password' om -t https://www.test-url.io -k curl -s -p /api/v0/staged/director/networks | jq -r .networks[].subnets[].cidr | xargs echo)"`,
-			`sshuttle --ssh-cmd "ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i ${ssh_key_path}" -r ubuntu@"10.0.0.6" "${cidrs}"`,
+			`sshuttle --ssh-cmd "ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i ${ssh_key_path}" -r ssh_user@"10.0.0.6" "${cidrs}"`,
 		}))
 	})