diff --git a/manifest-pipeline-yocto.yml b/manifest-pipeline-yocto.yml
index 23624b71bb852a4bc88f5323fc98e2006b6e1fca..ea13ba39a15d14ab077adb7055a116049d209772 100644
--- a/manifest-pipeline-yocto.yml
+++ b/manifest-pipeline-yocto.yml
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ retrigger:
         repo sync -j$(nproc) --fetch-submodules;
         . ./seco-setup.sh -d ${DEFCONFIG_FILE};
         . ./seco-setup.sh -c;
-        echo 'SSTATE_DIR = "/var/cache/edgehog_sstate"' >> conf/local.conf;
+        echo 'SSTATE_DIR = \"/var/cache/edgehog_sstate\"' >> conf/local.conf;
         sed -i -e '/DL_DIR ?=/d' conf/local.conf;
-        echo 'DL_DIR = "/var/cache/edgehog_downloads"' >> conf/local.conf;
+        echo 'DL_DIR = \"/var/cache/edgehog_downloads\"' >> conf/local.conf;
         time bitbake ${RECIPE_NAME};
         if [[ "$CI_JOB_NAME" != *"embedded"* ]]; then time bitbake seco-bundle-edgehog; fi;
         "