diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b20d605206fa4e6797aa0425a1b4013502502100..6465ae7ebe4419a4dd0c9db9cdf53b2bc712990f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ benchmarks:physics:default:
 benchmarks:reconstruction:nightly:
   stage: benchmarks
   rules:
-    - [!reference .nightly, rules]
+    - [!reference '.nightly', rules]
   needs: 
     - version
     - jug_xl:nightly
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ benchmarks:reconstruction:nightly:
 benchmarks:physics:nightly:
   stage: benchmarks
   rules:
-    - [!reference .nightly, rules]
+    - [!reference '.nightly', rules]
   needs: 
     - version
     - jug_xl:nightly