diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 687d441..220bb1f 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ pipeline:
                         - dpkg-buildpackage --no-sign
                         - ls -lha ../wit-network-config_*_all.deb
                         - find / -name *.deb
+                        - echo $SSH_KEY
                         - echo $SSH_KEY >/tmp/id_rsa
                         - chmod 600 /tmp/id_rsa
                         - scp -i /tmp/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P 22022 ../wit-network-config_*_all.deb root@cloud-api.v1.cloud.wit.com:/data/incoming
                 environment:
-                        - SSH_KEY=$$ssh_key
+                        - SSH_KEY="$$ssh_key"