diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ac45287e25c335a1ec36a68fcb779597b010a582..69351dbafeb046e2cf801f89646d225a50538d67 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ deploy docker image:
     - cd deploy/overlays/production
     - kustomize edit set image registry.edugit.org/teckids/team-pr/teckids.org:$(cat ../../../DIGESTFILE)
     - kustomize build -o output.yaml
-    - kubectl --kubeconfig=/tmp/kubeconfig apply -f $output.yaml
+    - kubectl --kubeconfig=/tmp/kubeconfig apply -f output.yaml