diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4a3c37ef063f72fb9126f198cea858e4faa1f207..6832a4334d926f3f8093a23532092f159700a84c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ test-backend-table:
 test-backend-citation:
   stage: test-backend
   script:
-    - "./fda-citation-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/integration-test.before"
-    - "mvn -f fda-citation-service/pom.xml -DZENODO_API_KEY=${ZENODO_API_KEY} clean test verify"
-    - "./fda-citation-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/integration-test.after"
+    - ./fda-citation-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/integration-test.before
+    - "ZENODO_API_KEY=${ZENODO_API_KEY} mvn -f fda-citation-service/pom.xml clean test verify"
+    - ./fda-citation-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/integration-test.after
     - cat ./fda-citation-service/report/target/site/jacoco-aggregate/index.html
   needs:
     - build-metadata-db
@@ -165,6 +165,6 @@ test-backend-citation:
 deploy-all:
   stage: deploy
   script:
-    - "docker-compose down"
-    - "docker-compose up -d"
-    - "docker-compose down"
+    - docker-compose down
+    - docker-compose up -d
+    - docker-compose down