diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 623ec22982ddb038c610e2cca5dd6a3ad3c4054f..deb266249563e918380d7710cc248346c2156464 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -188,15 +188,15 @@ build_ood_image:
     - export PKR_VAR_image_date_suffix=false
     - export PKR_VAR_image_name="${BUILD_TARGET}-${BUILD_DATE}"
     - |
-      if [ $ENV = 'knightly' || $ENV = 'prod' ]; then
+      if [ $ENV = 'knightly' ] || [ $ENV = 'prod' ]; then
         curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${ANSIBLE_VAR_TOKEN}" \
         "${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/2836/repository/files/knightly/raw?ref=main" \
         -o CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV
-        'sed -i -E "s/(lts_access_key: ).*/\1\"${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV'
-        'sed -i -E "s/(lts_secret_key: ).*/\1\"${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV'
-        'sed -i -E "s/(user_register_app_key: ).*/\1\"${SELF_REG_APP_KEY}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV'
-        'sed -i -E "s/(celery_user_password: ).*/\1\"${CELERY_PASSWD}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV'
-        'sed -i -E "s|(ssh_pub_key: ).*|\1\"{{ lookup(''file'', ''${SSH_PUB_KEY}'') }}\"|" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV'
+        sed -i -E "s/(lts_access_key: ).*/\1\"${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV
+        sed -i -E "s/(lts_secret_key: ).*/\1\"${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV
+        sed -i -E "s/(user_register_app_key: ).*/\1\"${SELF_REG_APP_KEY}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV
+        sed -i -E "s/(celery_user_password: ).*/\1\"${CELERY_PASSWD}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV
+        sed -i -E "s|(ssh_pub_key: ).*|\1\"{{ lookup('file', '${SSH_PUB_KEY}') }}\"|" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/$ENV
       fi
     # packer commands
     - packer init openstack-ood