diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 810bccb2796b9ad17ef30c67686e57456e5110e0..cda45541b51b4b913e0c559dd7d038093a89333c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ build:tests:
   only:
     - schedules    
   script: 
-    - echo $CI_PROJECT_DIR 
+    - echo "$CI_PROJECT_DIR" 
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/src/test
     - python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/build
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/src/service