diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 28b6f1f758501b83601b6f82da0ae0a59c8f1369..7392736f87a7be00b3f3ed90f3ca7d07383c6ebb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ deploy_to_phoenix:
   needs: ["build"]
 
   before_script:
+    - echo $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
     - eval "$(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