diff --git a/git-mem b/git-mem
index 4133ec1..9915736 100755
--- a/git-mem
+++ b/git-mem
@@ -913,21 +913,23 @@ cmd_source() {
 
             mkdir -p "$GIT_MEMORY_SOURCES_DIR"
             local dest="$GIT_MEMORY_SOURCES_DIR/$name"
+            local real_path
+            real_path=$(realpath "$location" 2>/dev/null || echo "$location")
+            local primary_real
+            primary_real=$(realpath "$GIT_MEMORY_DIR" 2>/dev/null || echo "$GIT_MEMORY_DIR")
 
-            if [[ "$location" =~ ^(https?|git|ssh):// ]]; then
+            [[ "$real_path" == "$primary_real" ]] && die "Cannot add primary memory store as a source"
+
+            if [[ -d "$real_path/.git" ]]; then
+                # Local path — symlink into sources dir
+                ln -s "$real_path" "$dest" || die "Symlink failed"
+            elif [[ "$location" =~ ^(https?|git|ssh):// || "$location" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+:.+ ]]; then
                 # URL — clone into sources dir
                 [[ -e "$dest" ]] && die "Directory already exists: $dest"
                 echo "Cloning $location..."
                 git clone "$location" "$dest" 2>&1 || die "Clone failed"
             else
-                # Local path — symlink into sources dir
-                local real_path
-                real_path=$(realpath "$location" 2>/dev/null || echo "$location")
-                local primary_real
-                primary_real=$(realpath "$GIT_MEMORY_DIR" 2>/dev/null || echo "$GIT_MEMORY_DIR")
-                [[ "$real_path" == "$primary_real" ]] && die "Cannot add primary memory store as a source"
-                [[ ! -d "$real_path/.git" ]] && die "Not a git repository: $real_path"
-                ln -s "$real_path" "$dest" || die "Symlink failed"
+                die "Not a git repository: $real_path"
             fi
 
             local count
diff --git a/tests/test-source.sh b/tests/test-source.sh
index 5422e89..836afa9 100644
--- a/tests/test-source.sh
+++ b/tests/test-source.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ assert_exit_0         "add local source (hermes)" bash "$GIT_MEM" source add her
 assert_exit_nonzero   "add duplicate name fails"  bash "$GIT_MEM" source add team   /tmp/git-mem-src-team-$$
 assert_exit_nonzero   "add primary as source fails" bash "$GIT_MEM" source add mine "$GIT_MEMORY_DIR"
 assert_exit_nonzero   "reserved name 'mine' rejected" bash "$GIT_MEM" source add mine /tmp/git-mem-src-team-$$
+assert_output_contains "scp-style SSH URL treated as remote clone" "Clone failed" \
+    bash "$GIT_MEM" source add sshremote1 git@127.0.0.1:/tmp/git-mem-nonexistent-a-$$
+assert_output_not_contains "scp-style SSH URL not treated as local path" "Not a git repository" \
+    bash "$GIT_MEM" source add sshremote2 git@127.0.0.1:/tmp/git-mem-nonexistent-b-$$
 
 # Verify symlinks created
 [[ -L "$GIT_MEMORY_SOURCES_DIR/team" ]]   && pass "team is a symlink"   || fail "team symlink missing"