diff --git a/.ci/deploy b/.ci/deploy
index 98fc10e4..ff3e7202 100755
--- a/.ci/deploy
+++ b/.ci/deploy
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ cat >>~/.ssh/known_hosts <<END
 END
 chmod 0600 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
-echo $DEPLOY_KEY >deploy-key
+echo "$DEPLOY_KEY" >deploy-key
 chmod 0600 ./deploy-key
-ls -l ./deploy-key
 BUILDSTAMP=$(cat binaries/buildstamp)
 tar -cvJf binary-archive-$BUILDSTAMP.tar.xz -C binaries blastmud_game blastmud_listener
 scp -i deploy-key binary-archive-$BUILDSTAMP.tar.xz blast@$DEPLOY_HOST:/home/blast/archive/