diff --git a/script/deploy.sh b/script/deploy.sh
index 662df4a..956ec4b 100755
--- a/script/deploy.sh
+++ b/script/deploy.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ get_valid_input() {
 
     # Handle Regex Validation
     if [[ -n "${REGEX}" ]]; then
-      if [[ ${INPUT} =~ ${REGEX} ]]; then
+      if [[ "${INPUT}" =~ ${REGEX} ]]; then
         export "${VAR_NAME}"="${INPUT}"
         break
       else
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ setup_ssh() {
     Target IP address : $(gum style --italic "\"${LIVE_TARGET_IP}\"")
     Target password : $(gum style --italic "\"${LIVE_TARGET_PASSWORD}\"")"
     gum confirm "Are these correct ?" || { 
-      get_valid_input "LIVE_TARGET_IP" "➡️ Provide the IP address of your machine in a NixOS live environment :" "192.168.1.100" "IP_REGEX";
+      get_valid_input "LIVE_TARGET_IP" "➡️ Provide the IP address of your machine in a NixOS live environment :" "192.168.1.100" "${IP_REGEX}";
       get_valid_input "LIVE_TARGET_PASSWORD " "➡️ Provide the password of your machine in a NixOS live environment :" "password" "" "true" "true";
       continue;
     }