diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f28930ed49803b9e004fa6c576dd9b4dd4ecc6b8..b0f059dab4e90b297420f9e8b6ac2ce1ae1921e2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ generate-child-pipeline:
           - cd generate
           - virtualenv -p python3 venv
           - source venv/bin/activate
-          - GIT_CONFIG_COUNT=1 GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0="url.https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@i10git.cs.fau.de.insteadOf" GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0="ssh://git@i10git.cs.fau.de" python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+          - GIT_CONFIG_COUNT=1 GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0="url.https://gitlab-ci-token:\${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@i10git.cs.fau.de.insteadOf" GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0="ssh://git@i10git.cs.fau.de" python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
           - pip freeze
           - rm -rf ../operators/*
-          - echo $OPERATOR_BASE_NAME
-          - python3 generate.py -o ../operators ../operators-$OPERATOR_BASE_NAME.toml --processes 8
+          - echo \$OPERATOR_BASE_NAME
+          - python3 generate.py -o ../operators ../operators-\$OPERATOR_BASE_NAME.toml --processes 8
         tags:
           - docker
         parallel: