diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b0b9fb4d..69492de7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ coverage:
   script:
   - apt-get install --yes git
   # codecov token is set in https://gitlab.com/msberends/AMR/settings/ci_cd
-  - Rscript -e 'cc <- covr::package_coverage(); covr::codecov(coverage = cc, token = "${codecov_token}"); cat("Code coverage:", covr::percent_coverage(cc))'
+  - Rscript -e 'print("${codecov_token}")'
+  - Rscript -e 'print("$codecov_token")'
+  - Rscript -e 'cc <- covr::package_coverage(); covr::codecov(coverage = cc, token = "$codecov_token"); cat("Code coverage:", covr::percent_coverage(cc))'
   coverage: '/Code coverage: \d+\.\d+/'
 
 pages: