diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8a1a9b440..ccc1dcbf2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ linux-stable:
     - cargo build --release --verbose
     - strip target/release/parity
     - md5sum target/release/parity >> parity.md5
-    - scripts/deb-build.sh amd64
+    - sh scripts/deb-build.sh amd64
     - cp target/release/parity deb/usr/bin/parity
-    - ./deb-build.sh amd64
-    - version=`grep -m 1 version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' | tr -d "\n"`
-    - md5sum parity_$version_amd64.deb >> parity_$version_amd64.deb.md5
+    - export VER=$(grep -m 1 version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' | tr -d "\n")
+    - dpkg-deb -b deb "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb"
+    - md5sum "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb" >> "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5"
     - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key 
     - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $s3_secret
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity --body target/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
-    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity_$version_amd64.deb --body parity_$version_amd64.deb
-    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity_$version_amd64.deb.md5 --body parity_$version_amd64.deb.md5
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb" --body "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb"
+    - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5" --body "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5"
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-stable