diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5814fb2a4944041de6e07f03d6970c75fd88a9dc..97302e767d9ba222a6028c1be7b2154bc1c83e1b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ run-tox-pipeline:
     - . venv/bin/activate
 
   script:
-    - export DATABASE_URI_TEST=$DATABASE_URI_TEST
+    - export DATABASE_URI_TEST='$DATABASE_URI_TEST'
+    - echo "export '${DATABASE_URI_TEST}'"
     - pip install tox
     - tox