diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 97302e767d9ba222a6028c1be7b2154bc1c83e1b..e48ae975f7b1d0da2fc8e39112a7fda027352503 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ run-tox-pipeline:
     - . venv/bin/activate
 
   script:
-    - export DATABASE_URI_TEST='$DATABASE_URI_TEST'
-    - echo "export '${DATABASE_URI_TEST}'"
+    - export DATABASE_URI_TEST="$DATABASE_URI_TEST"
     - pip install tox
     - tox