diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c412b0abe..ff58727d5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ checkout:
     - echo $CI_PIPELINE_ID >> $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue
     - while [ $(awk "/$CI_PIPELINE_ID/{print NR}" $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue) != 1 ];
         do sleep 5m;
-        echo 'next pipeline $(head -n 1 $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue)';
+        echo "next pipeline $(head -n 1 $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue)";
       done
   script:
     - mkdir -p $DAMASKROOT