diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a033978..1452185 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ deploy:
   before_script:
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y ansible git
     - git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@git.fudiggity.nl/sonny/ansible-playbooks.git deployment
-    - echo $DEPLOY_HOST > deployment/hosts.yml
-    - echo $DEPLOY_KEY > deployment/deploy_key
+    - echo "$DEPLOY_HOST" > deployment/hosts.yml
+    - echo "$DEPLOY_KEY" > deployment/deploy_key
   script:
     - ansible-playbook deployment/playbook.yml --inventory deployment/hosts.yml --limit newsreader --user ansible --private-key deployment/deploy_key
   when: manual