diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b3eb8c1c8e6e62fe1cbf376803da30788ba63ec5..4f609844e67f887550fa2987e6890d5dcb191fbf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -221,10 +221,11 @@ release:
     # Install cargo-ndk
     - cargo install cargo-ndk || true
     # Set up keystore from CI/CD variable
-    - export KEYSTORE_PASSWORD="$LEGACY_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD"
-    - export KEY_ALIAS="$LEGACY_KEY_ALIAS"
-    - export KEY_PASSWORD="$LEGACY_KEY_PASSWORD"
-    - echo "$LEGACY_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64" | base64 --decode > cardinal-android/app/release.keystore
+    - export KEYSTORE_PASSWORD="${LEGACY_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}"
+    - export KEY_ALIAS="${LEGACY_KEY_ALIAS}"
+    - export KEY_PASSWORD="${LEGACY_KEY_PASSWORD}"
+    - echo "${LEGACY_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64}" | base64 --decode > cardinal-android/app/release.keystore
+    - ls -l cardinal-android/app/release.keystore
   cache:
     - key:
         files: