diff --git a/pysqa/basic.py b/pysqa/basic.py
index ca9f93c9..dc896135 100644
--- a/pysqa/basic.py
+++ b/pysqa/basic.py
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ def __init__(self, config, directory="~/.queues"):
             self._commands = getattr(importlib.import_module(module_name), class_name)()
         self._queues = Queues(self.queue_list)
         self._remote_flag = False
+        self._ssh_delete_file_on_remote = True
+
+    @property
+    def ssh_delete_file_on_remote(self):
+        return self._ssh_delete_file_on_remote
 
     @property
     def remote_flag(self):
diff --git a/pysqa/queueadapter.py b/pysqa/queueadapter.py
index 9cc78f4c..e17f9fc5 100644
--- a/pysqa/queueadapter.py
+++ b/pysqa/queueadapter.py
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ def config(self):
         """
         return self._adapter.config
 
+    @property
+    def ssh_delete_file_on_remote(self):
+        return self._adapter.ssh_delete_file_on_remote
+
     @property
     def remote_flag(self):
         """
diff --git a/pysqa/remote.py b/pysqa/remote.py
index 8e885e4b..f7f15214 100644
--- a/pysqa/remote.py
+++ b/pysqa/remote.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ def __init__(self, config, directory="~/.queues"):
         self._ssh_remote_config_dir = config['ssh_remote_config_dir']
         self._ssh_remote_path = config['ssh_remote_path']
         self._ssh_local_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(config['ssh_local_path']))
-        self._ssh_delete_file_on_remote = config['ssh_delete_file_on_remote']
+        if 'ssh_delete_file_on_remote' in config.keys():
+            self._ssh_delete_file_on_remote = config['ssh_delete_file_on_remote']
+        else:
+            self._ssh_delete_file_on_remote = True
         if 'ssh_port' in config.keys():
             self._ssh_port = config['ssh_port']
         else:
@@ -31,10 +34,6 @@ def __init__(self, config, directory="~/.queues"):
         else:
             self._ssh_connection = None
         self._remote_flag = True
-
-    @property
-    def ssh_delete_file_on_remote(self):
-        return self._ssh_delete_file_on_remote
         
     def convert_path_to_remote(self, path):
         working_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path))