diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-angular.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-angular.yml
index bf0622fe6b9526eacd78672b1f40ce4df6bcb42c..3e3d352bd35982a3226d32056d490536d7d84b6b 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-angular.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-angular.yml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ stages:
         _cond_val=$(echo "$_cond_val" | tr '[:punct:]' '_')
         # retrieve comparison value
         _cmp_val_prefix="scoped__${_target_var}__${_condition}__${_cond_var}__${_test_op}__"
-        _cmp_val=${_scoped_var#$_cmp_val_prefix}
+        _cmp_val=${_scoped_var#"$_cmp_val_prefix"}
         # manage 'ignore case'
         if [[ "$_test_op" == *_ic ]]
         then