diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 4c35317..7b659a6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Pull latest from Git
       run: |
-           echo "${{ branch }}"
+           echo "$branch"
            pwd
            whoami
            mkdir -p /var/lib/act_runner/
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
              cd tenorjs-v2
              git pull
            fi
-           git checkout "${{ branch }}"
+           git checkout "$branch"
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
            cd /var/lib/act_runner/tenorjs-v2