diff --git a/qa/scripts/deployNode.sh b/qa/scripts/deployNode.sh
index b2ad98313..5c0694aba 100755
--- a/qa/scripts/deployNode.sh
+++ b/qa/scripts/deployNode.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ function configure_env() {
     which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )    
     eval `ssh-agent -s`
     mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-    echo "${AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}" | ssh-add -
+    echo "$AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" 
+    echo "$AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | ssh-add -
     chmod 700 /root/.ssh
 
     # install jq