diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3501595d643939f77912ef8df9f2c937963dbd80..7f07bf2c9d00d3698828f7ba5551d733f2aecae4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ uploadInputBag:
   script:
   - ln -sfn `readlink -e ./test_data/auth/credential.json` ./credential.json
   - >
-    hatrac=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org ls /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/ | grep -o /TEST$)
+    hatrac=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org ls /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/ | grep -o '/TEST$'')
     echo &&
     if [ -z "${hatrac}" ]; then
       singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org mkdir /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/TEST &&