diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f9eded4ed64d62a12e70daec989453f7b8904e2..5c5dca435b793fedf42691b3fbf43c700083227e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ benchmarks:physics:default:
 benchmarks:reconstruction:nightly:
   stage: benchmarks
   rules:
-    - [!reference .nightly, rules]
+    - [!reference '.nightly', rules]
   needs: 
     - version
     - jug_xl:nightly
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ benchmarks:reconstruction:nightly:
 benchmarks:physics:nightly:
   stage: benchmarks
   rules:
-    - [!reference .nightly, rules]
+    - [!reference '.nightly', rules]
   needs: 
     - version
     - jug_xl:nightly