diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index cbc4a3a0490..a3e13f5eb69 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ steps:
 - name: publish-storybook
   image: grafana/grafana-ci-deploy:1.2.5
   commands:
-  - echo $${GCP_KEY} > /tmp/gcpkey.json
+  - echo "$${GCP_KEY}" > /tmp/gcpkey.json
   - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey.json
   - echo gsutil -m rsync -d -r ./packages/grafana-ui/dist/storybook gs://grafana-storybook/canary
   environment:
diff --git a/scripts/lib.star b/scripts/lib.star
index 7fca1ded214..e9f425c09a7 100644
--- a/scripts/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/lib.star
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def init_steps(edition):
                     },
                 },
                 'commands': [
-                    'git clone https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git',
+                    'git clone "https://$${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git"',
                     'cd grafana-enterprise',
                     'git checkout ${DRONE_COMMIT}',
                 ],
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def publish_storybook_step(edition):
             },
         },
         'commands': [
-            'echo $${GCP_KEY} > /tmp/gcpkey.json',
+            'echo "$${GCP_KEY}" > /tmp/gcpkey.json',
             'gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey.json',
             'echo gsutil -m rsync -d -r ./packages/grafana-ui/dist/storybook gs://grafana-storybook/canary',
         ],