diff --git a/sshpiperd/snap/snap/.snapcraft/state b/sshpiperd/snap/snap/.snapcraft/state
deleted file mode 100644
index 02785499..00000000
--- a/sshpiperd/snap/snap/.snapcraft/state
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-!GlobalState
-assets:
-  build-packages: []
-  build-snaps: []
diff --git a/sshpiperd/snap/snap/hooks/install b/sshpiperd/snap/snap/hooks/install
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d13297f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sshpiperd/snap/snap/hooks/install
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+bin=$SNAP/sshpiperd
+key=$SNAP_COMMON/host_rsa_key
+
+$bin genkey > $key