diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bb42024..b916ae0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ deploy:
     <<: *deploy
     stage: deploy
     script:
-        - ssh -t cloud@$DEPLOYHOST "export ADMIN_PWD=$DJANGO_ADMIN_PWD && cd django/eoa-django-test && git pull && sh scripts/start_deploy.sh "
+        - ssh -t cloud@$DEPLOYHOST "export ADMIN_PWD=$DJANGO_ADMIN_PWD && echo $ADMIN_PWD && cd django/eoa-django-test && git pull && sh scripts/start_deploy.sh "
     environment:
         name: production
         url: http://141.5.105.187:8000/publications/studies/312/index.html
diff --git a/scripts/loaddjango.sh b/scripts/loaddjango.sh
index f80d793..34fe212 100755
--- a/scripts/loaddjango.sh
+++ b/scripts/loaddjango.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ python manage.py migrate eoa
 yes "y" | python manage.py makemigrations
 yes "y" | python manage.py migrate
 # Create superuser with pwd from env variable
-echo "from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; User = get_user_model(); User.objects.filter(email='admin@example.com', is_superuser=True).delete(); User.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'admin@example.com', str($ADMIN_PWD))" | python manage.py shell
+echo "from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; User = get_user_model(); User.objects.filter(email='admin@example.com', is_superuser=True).delete(); User.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'admin@example.com',"$ADMIN_PWD")" | python manage.py shell
 
 # Import Bärnighausen file
 python manage.py tei_import -f baernighausen.xml