diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8e948b3bedcbe997673ea4d3ae03c5f4040d4c52..28b6f1f758501b83601b6f82da0ae0a59c8f1369 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ deploy_to_phoenix:
 
   before_script:
     - eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
-    - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add -
+    - echo $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add -
     - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
     - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
     - pip3 install ansible