diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8f94e35497d243ea87b5e86eb25b090897dbef52..c96b4a25d264c7410648353d1c2123f41777673a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ destroy-psc:
     EC_DNS_ZONE: $EC_DNS_ZONE
     GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT: $GCP_SA
   before_script:
-    - echo "$GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" > gcp-sa.json
+    - echo $GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT > gcp-sa.json
+    - ls -la
+    - echo ${GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT} > gcp-sa.json
+    - ls -la
+    - echo ${GCP_SA} > gcp-sa.json
     - ls -la
     - echo "$GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" > gcp-sa.json
     - ls -la