diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_vars.tfvars b/.github/workflows/github_vars.tfvars
index c3ac76b..59d5d14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_vars.tfvars
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_vars.tfvars
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace = "github_actions"
 
 // Matching pair name found in AWS for keypairs PEM key
 ami_key_pair_name = "github_actions"
-private_key       = "'.ssh/github_actions.pem'"
+private_key       = ".ssh/github_actions.pem"
 main_vpc_cidr     = "172.22.0.0/24"
 public_subnets    = "172.22.0.128/26"
 private_subnets   = "172.22.0.192/26"