diff --git a/scripts/provision_node.sh b/scripts/provision_node.sh
index ffd006d..5241122 100755
--- a/scripts/provision_node.sh
+++ b/scripts/provision_node.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,28 @@ trim() {
   printf '%s' "$val"
 }
 
+strip_assignment_prefix() {
+  local key="$1"
+  local val="$2"
+  val=$(trim "$val")
+  if [[ $val == export\ * ]]; then
+    val=${val#export }
+  fi
+  local prefix="${key}="
+  if [[ $val == "$prefix"* ]]; then
+    val=${val#$prefix}
+  fi
+  local upper_prefix="$(echo "$key" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')="
+  if [[ $val == "$upper_prefix"* ]]; then
+    val=${val#$upper_prefix}
+  fi
+  val="${val#\"}"
+  val="${val%\"}"
+  val="${val#\'}"
+  val="${val%\'}"
+  printf '%s' "$val"
+}
+
 ini_val() {
   local key="$1"
   if [[ -f "$ENV_FILE" ]]; then
@@ -135,6 +157,7 @@ prompt_required() {
       read -r -p "$label: " value || true
     fi
     value=$(trim "$value")
+    value=$(strip_assignment_prefix "$var" "$value")
     if [[ -n "$value" ]]; then
       printf -v "$var" '%s' "$value"
       return
@@ -155,6 +178,7 @@ prompt_optional() {
     read -r -p "$label: " value || true
   fi
   value=$(trim "$value")
+  value=$(strip_assignment_prefix "$var" "$value")
   printf -v "$var" '%s' "$value"
 }
 
@@ -328,6 +352,7 @@ cat <<EOF_SWARM >"$CONFIGS_DIR/ipfs/swarm.key"
 /base16/
 $SWARM_KEY_HEX
 EOF_SWARM
+chown 1000:1000 "$CONFIGS_DIR/ipfs/swarm.key" || true
 chmod 600 "$CONFIGS_DIR/ipfs/swarm.key"
 update_env IPFS_SWARM_KEY_FILE "$CONFIGS_DIR/ipfs/swarm.key"