diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d1247e15f8d398912661e662334ebea6f66c14d8..eaa1752d59f1fe88bb34c39d99d4869266a5206e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ half_fat_tests:
 
   script:
     - export PYTHONPATH="$CI_PYTHON_PATH"
-    - echo DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT
+    - echo $DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT
 #    - echo $PYTHONPATH
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tests/unit/coordinator/
     - python3 -m coverage run -m unittest *
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ full_fat_tests:
   tags: ["ewas-production"]
   script:
 #    - export PYTHONPATH="$CI_PYTHON_PATH"
-    - echo DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT
+    - echo $DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT
 #    - echo $PYTHONPATH
     - echo "this is a manual job"
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tests/integration/full/