-echo | monkeysphere-host expert gen-key --length 1024 --expire 0 testhost
-# remove the gpg.conf
-rm "$MONKEYSPHERE_SYSCONFIGDIR"/host/gpg.conf
+echo | monkeysphere-host expert gen-key --length 1024 testhost
+
+# remove the host home for the next test
+rm -rf "$MONKEYSPHERE_SYSCONFIGDIR"/host
+
+# import host key
+echo "##################################################"
+echo "### testing host key importing..."
+ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa -N '' -f "$TEMPDIR"/ssh_host_rsa_key
+monkeysphere-host expert import-key testhost < "$TEMPDIR"/ssh_host_rsa_key