diff --git a/.gitea/template b/.gitea/template
index 901b7e5..b327d28 100644
--- a/.gitea/template
+++ b/.gitea/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Components/Layout/NavMenu.razor
 Configuration.cs
 devuitls.sh
 greynsvcDBContext.cs
+Jenkinsfile
 Migrations/20241213175020_greets.cs
 Migrations/20241213175020_greets.Designer.cs
 Migrations/greynsvcDBContextModelSnapshot.cs
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index bff5f9d..b10b389 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ pipeline {
                 withCredentials([sshUserPrivateKey(credentialsId: env.linuxServiceAccountID, keyFileVariable: 'PK')])
                 {
                     sh """#!/bin/bash
-                        ssh -i \"${PK}\" -tt ${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@${targetHost} 'rm -rf temp_deploy & mkdir -p temp_deploy'
-                        scp -i \"${PK}\" -r dist ${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@${env.targetHost}:temp_deploy
+                        ssh -i \"$${PK}\" -tt $${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@$${targetHost} 'rm -rf temp_deploy & mkdir -p temp_deploy'
+                        scp -i \"$${PK}\" -r dist $${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@$${env.targetHost}:temp_deploy
                     """
                 }
             }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pipeline {
                 withCredentials([sshUserPrivateKey(credentialsId: env.linuxServiceAccountID, keyFileVariable: 'PK')])
                 {
                     sh """#!/bin/bash
-                        ssh -i \"${PK}\" -tt ${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@${targetHost} 'systemctl --user stop $REPO_NAME'
+                        ssh -i \"$${PK}\" -tt $${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@$${targetHost} 'systemctl --user stop $$REPO_NAME'
                     """
                 }
             }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pipeline {
                 
                 sh """#!/bin/bash
                     pushd dist
-                    dotnet ef database update --connection "${env.productiondatabase_connectionString}"
+                    dotnet ef database update --connection "$${env.productiondatabase_connectionString}"
                     popd
                 """
                 //TODO: if updating the db fails, restore the old one
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pipeline {
                 withCredentials([sshUserPrivateKey(credentialsId: env.linuxServiceAccountID, keyFileVariable: 'PK')])
                 {
                     sh """#!/bin/bash
-                        ssh -i \"${PK}\" -tt ${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@${targetHost} 'rm -rf dist/ && mv temp_deploy/ dist/'
+                        ssh -i \"$${PK}\" -tt $${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@$${targetHost} 'rm -rf dist/ && mv temp_deploy/ dist/'
                     """
                 }
             }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pipeline {
                 withCredentials([sshUserPrivateKey(credentialsId: env.linuxServiceAccountID, keyFileVariable: 'PK')])
                 {
                     sh """#!/bin/bash
-                        ssh -i \"${PK}\" -tt ${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@${targetHost} 'systemctl --user start $REPO_NAME'
+                        ssh -i \"$${PK}\" -tt $${linuxServiceAccount_USR}@$${targetHost} 'systemctl --user start $$REPO_NAME'
                     """
                 }
             }