diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 38185b71a3e4f70c37d79e572449075db4ce12af..ba7382f8a087949b4709c9b929116932d3b737cb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ release:
 #        - echo ${UPLOAD_RESULT}
  #       - FILE_URL=$(echo ${UPLOAD_RESULT} | python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print obj["url"]')
  #       - echo ${FILE_URL}
-        - DATA='{"name": "Release ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", "tag_name": "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", "description": "RegionChooser Release", "assets": { "links": [{ "name": "${FILE}", "url": "${CI_PROJECT_URL}${FILE_URL}"}] } }'
+        - 'DATA={"name": "Release ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", "tag_name": "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", "description": "RegionChooser Release", "assets": { "links": [{ "name": "${FILE}", "url": "${CI_PROJECT_URL}${FILE_URL}"}] } }'
         - echo ${DATA}
  #       - curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" --header "Private-Token: ${TOKEN}" --data ${DATA} --request POST ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/releases
     only: