diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 472c15a..762b098 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ build:
     script:
         - idf.py reconfigure
         - echo "BB-CI-$((1 + RANDOM % 999))" > bbid
-        - sed -e 's/BARBACK_ID="Barback"/BARBACK_ID="`cat bbid`"/' sdkconfig
+        - sed -i -e s/BARBACK_ID="Barback"/BARBACK_ID=\"`cat bbid`\"/ sdkconfig
         - cat sdkconfig
         - idf.py build