diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c7f3dce..a9b7c63 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ before_script:
   - echo "deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
   - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
   - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
-  - echo $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+  - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   - chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+  - cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   - cat /etc/apt/sources.list
   - apt-get update -yq
   - apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends rsync
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ job:
      - golang
   script:
     - hugo
-    - cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa
     - ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ariejan@mail.devroom.io 'uptime'
     - ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ariejan@mail.devroom.io 'uname -a'
     - ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ariejan@mail.devroom.io 'hostname -f'