diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eb8c55332fbd946c1412d8645bdfc78ab325e9b9..cf08cbc8147963f6057306be3e05d84a96370bf4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ create-debian-packages:
   script:
     - mkdir debian
     - |
-      cat <<EOD | sed -e "s/##TAB##/\\t/g" > debian/rules
+      cat <<RULES | sed -e "s/##TAB##/\\t/g" > debian/rules
       #!/usr/bin/make -f
       export DH_VERBOSE=1
       %:
-      ##TAB##dh $@ --with dist-zilla
-      EOD
+      ##TAB##dh \$@ --with dist-zilla
+      RULES
     - cat -e debian/rules
     - ls -lha ../
     - make -f debian/rules get-orig-source