diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 83e4b25..73d826b 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ EOF
   else
     SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED="  \"$AUTHORIZED_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY\""$'\n'
   fi
-  export $SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED
+  export SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED
 
   echo -e "\n ✅ Generating sops-nix keys..."
   ssh-to-age -private-key -i final-nix-config/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/id_ed25519 > final-nix-config/var/lib/sops-nix/key.txt