diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f3972c6ca0cdfada36619ae7e4e927654456c788..658d2953959e6d728d34b7de558826a274320e53 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 default:
     image: pdechamps/blaster
     before_script:
-        - export INCLUDE=:/usr/include/mkl:
+        - "export INCLUDE=:/usr/include/mkl:"
         - echo $(nproc)
         - printenv | sort