diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9ee9eab..60687b2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,19 +38,18 @@ release:
     - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
     - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
     # Decode and set up the SSH private key
-    - |
-      printf '%s' $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_ENCODED | tr -d '\r\n' | base64 --decode > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    - echo $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_ENCODED | tr -d '\r\n' | base64 --decode > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+    - if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo "Error: Failed to decode SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_BASE64."
       exit 1
       fi
-      # Verify the key file
-      if [ ! -s ~/.ssh/id_rsa ]; then
+    # Verify the key file
+    - if [ ! -s ~/.ssh/id_rsa ]; then
       echo "Error: SSH private key file is empty or does not exist."
         exit 1
       fi
-      ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > /dev/null
-      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    - ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > /dev/null
+    - if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         echo "Error: Invalid SSH private key."
         exit 1
       fi