diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f030fecb9abec503dcbcfc7dac5409a4291eade8..1d0c2662288f1f3e13e061bfada64d762b11829e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test:
       - echo $CAOSDB_TAG
       - echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
       - if ! echo "$F_BRANCH" | grep -c "^f-" ; then
-          F_BRANCH = dev ;
+          F_BRANCH=dev;
         fi
       - if [[ "$CAOSDB_TAG" == "" ]]; then
           if echo "$F_BRANCH" | grep -c "^f-" ; then