diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 045be0b..c4f6104 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ deploy_staging:
   environment: staging
   script:
     - echo $APP_CONFIG > config.json
-    - echo $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY | tr -d '\r' > gitlab.key && chmod 600 gitlab.key
+    - echo -n "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' > gitlab.key && chmod 600 gitlab.key
     - cat gitlab.key
     - npm install
     - npm run build