diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index e0c4e2f..4a27758 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ runs:
             echo "DEBUG: Creating remote directory $REMOTE_DIR"
             ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i "$SSH_KEY_FILE" \
               "${{ inputs.ssh_user }}@${{ inputs.ssh_host }}" \
-              "mkdir -p '$REMOTE_DIR' && chmod -R 755 '$REMOTE_DIR'"
+              mkdir -p "$REMOTE_DIR" && chmod -R 755 "$REMOTE_DIR"
 
             echo "DEBUG: Copying contents from local '$LOCAL_DIR' to remote '$REMOTE_DIR'"
             scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i "$SSH_KEY_FILE" -r "$LOCAL_DIR/"* \
-              "${{ inputs.ssh_user }}@${{ inputs.ssh_host }}:'$REMOTE_DIR/'" || echo "DEBUG: No files to copy in '$LOCAL_DIR'"
+              ${{ inputs.ssh_user }}@${{ inputs.ssh_host }}:"$REMOTE_DIR/" || echo "DEBUG: No files to copy in '$LOCAL_DIR'"
 
             CREATED_PATHS+="$REMOTE_DIR"$'\n'
           else
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ runs:
 
         echo "created_paths<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "$CREATED_PATHS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
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