diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bbd4ca060bb4f2f061085c1ec585ae962dda4622..0e322bd50a3b988d6d622b5c630c1fd245bccc95 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -142,4 +142,4 @@ whatsapp-announce-release:
   script:
     # the login command fails even if it succeeds sometimes
     - mudslide --cache .mudslide-cache login || exit_code=$?
-    - 'mudslide --cache .mudslide-cache send $WHATSAPP_RELEASE_NOTIFY_RECIPIENT $(cat ${RELEASE_DIR}/ANNOUNCEMENT)'
\ No newline at end of file
+    - 'mudslide --cache .mudslide-cache send $WHATSAPP_RELEASE_NOTIFY_RECIPIENT "$(cat ${RELEASE_DIR}/ANNOUNCEMENT)"'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0146d7c89b8853c8ef84d729b94883b198b060b1..9618f7bb72f8f4641b859170a365c37defd89492 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sinologie-anki-pack",
-  "version": "3.3.0",
+  "version": "3.3.1",
   "description": "Anki template for learning to write, speak and understand Mandarin Chinese",
   "repository": "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/kartenaale/sinologie-anki-pack",
   "author": "Philipp Stadler <hello@phstadler.com>",