diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index e631a34..3764c9c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pipeline:
                         - apt-get clean
                         - dpkg-buildpackage --no-sign
                         - ls -lha ../wit-network-config_*_all.deb
-                        - echo $SSH_KEY >/tmp/id_rsa
+                        - echo "$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
                 secrets: [ ssh_key ]