diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index d598ee8..fff766e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: badgey
       - name: Pre-seed known_hosts
-        run: mkdir -pv ~/.ssh && ssh-keyscan -t rsa ${{ vars[format('{0}_SERVER_HOSTNAME', 'BADGEY'] }} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+        run: mkdir -pv ~/.ssh && ssh-keyscan -t rsa "${{ vars[format('{0}_SERVER_HOSTNAME', 'BADGEY'] }}" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
       - uses: cschleiden/replace-tokens@v1.2
         with:
           files: config/production.badgey.json