diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/check-deploy b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/check-deploy
index 6e624a1d2..b7fb9994f 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/check-deploy
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/check-deploy
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ trigger-scheduler-docker-local-check-deploy() {
       # shellcheck disable=SC2086
       if OUTPUT=$(curl -# $CURL_ARGS 2>&1); then
         # OUTPUT contains the HTTP response
-        if [[ "$OUTPUT" =~ $EXPECTED ]]; then
+        if [[ "$OUTPUT" =~ "$EXPECTED" ]]; then
           SUCCESS=1
           break
         fi