diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c1675d40b..457aa0b4d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ run featurebase in linux amd64 node:
     - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
     - aws configure set region "us-east-2"
-    - INSTANCE_ID=$(cat linux-amd64-instance.txt)
+    - INSTANCE_ID=$(echo "$(<linux-amd64-instance.txt)")
     - echo $INSTANCE_ID
   script:
     - aws ssm send-command --document-name "AWS-RunShellScript" --targets "Key=InstanceIds,Values=$INSTANCE_ID" --cli-input-json file://.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json