diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e48ae975f7b1d0da2fc8e39112a7fda027352503..19838ec5e7b9f02a66b95e1283d609e267f78e41 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ run-tox-pipeline:
     - . venv/bin/activate
 
   script:
-    - export DATABASE_URI_TEST="$DATABASE_URI_TEST"
+    - echo DATABASE_URI_TEST="$DATABASE_URI_TEST"
+    - export DATABASE_URI_TEST=$DATABASE_URI_TEST
     - pip install tox
     - tox