diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a3bdc02d8c184b86277305b8a691f2bd69244237..f5ecb30a54f2132a48e69dcb63e8c225b710295a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ release:
         - echo ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
         - echo ${CI_API_V4_URL}
         - echo ${CI_PROJECT_URL}
-        - UPLOAD_RESULT = curl --request POST --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${TOKEN}' --form "file=@${FILE}" ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/uploads
+        - 'UPLOAD_RESULT = curl --request POST --header ''PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${TOKEN}'' --form "file=@${FILE}" ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/uploads'
         - echo ${UPLOAD_RESULT}
         - FILE_URL = echo $UPLOAD_RESULT | python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print obj["url"]'
         - echo ${FILE_URL}
-        - curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${TOKEN}' --data '{"name": "Release ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", "tag_name": "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", "description": "RegionChooser Release", "assets": { "links": [{ "name": "${FILE}", "url": "${CI_PROJECT_URL}${FILE_URL}"}] } }' --request POST ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/releases
+        - 'curl --header ''Content-Type: application/json'' --header ''PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${TOKEN}'' --data ''{"name": "Release ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", "tag_name": "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}", "description": "RegionChooser Release", "assets": { "links": [{ "name": "${FILE}", "url": "${CI_PROJECT_URL}${FILE_URL}"}] } }'' --request POST ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/releases'
     only:
         refs:
             - tags