diff --git a/gitlab-ci.yml b/gitlab-ci.yml
index 9693e5a30fa547071905fbce3eaff512ae920117..ba036f59753d9a81a458652665087e34dbfa5c0d 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ stages:
     - if [ "$DEPLOY_HOST" ] == "" ]; then  echo "DEPLOY_HOST is empty" ; exit 1; fi
     - if [ "$DEPLOY_USER" ] == "" ]; then  echo "DEPLOY_USER is empty" ; exit 1; fi
     - if [ "$DEPLOY_DIR" ] == "" ]; then echo "DEPLOY_DIR is empty" ; exit 1; fi
+    - if [ "$DEPLOY_PORT" ] == "" ]; then echo "DEPLOY_PORT is empty" ; exit 1; fi
     - ls -al
     - ssh-keyscan -H -p $DEPLOY_PORT $DEPLOY_HOST >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-    - rsync -v --delete -rlDe 'ssh -p $DEPLOY_PORT -v -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa_demo_fs' --exclude-from=.distignore ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/web/ $DEPLOY_USER@$DEPLOY_HOST:$DEPLOY_DIR
+    - export RSYNC_RSH="ssh -p $DEPLOY_PORT -v -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa_demo_fs"
+    - rsync -v --delete -rlDe $RSYNC_RSH --exclude-from=.distignore ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/web/ $DEPLOY_USER@$DEPLOY_HOST:$DEPLOY_DIR
     - ssh -p $DEPLOY_PORT -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa_demo_fs $DEPLOY_USER@$DEPLOY_HOST "cd $DEPLOY_DIR && mv frontend/dist/assets/ public/ && mv frontend/dist/index.html public/index.html && php82 bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate --no-interaction && php82 bin/console cache:clear && $RUN_AFTER_DEPLOY"
   after_script:
     - $DEPLOY_AFTER_SCRIPT