diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-builder-js/build-npm-package.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-builder-js/build-npm-package.sh
index 06237936..95e87b50 100755
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-builder-js/build-npm-package.sh
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-builder-js/build-npm-package.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ local_npm_registry_url_fixed=$( echo ${local_npm_registry_url} | sed -e 's/^http
 npm config set -- ${local_npm_registry_url_fixed}:_authToken ${CERC_NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}
 # First check if the version of this package we're trying to build already exists in the registry
 # but this line: "jq -r .data.dist.tarball" fails only in gitea, so skip this block
-if [[ ${GITEA_ACTIONS} != "true" ]]; then
+if [[ "${GITEA_ACTIONS}" != "true" ]]; then
 package_exists=$( yarn info --json ${package_name}@${package_publish_version} 2>/dev/null | jq -r .data.dist.tarball )
   if [[ ! -z "$package_exists" && "$package_exists" != "null" ]]; then
       echo "${package_publish_version} of ${package_name} already exists in the registry"