diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
index bf594a4..f1fd526 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_ENV: ${{ vars.NODE_ENV }} # use the vars to indicate the env that is uesd in the react-config.js to set the base url / folder
         run: |
-          export NODE_ENV
+          export NODE_ENV=$NODE_ENV
           export REPO_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY | cut -d'/' -f2)"
           export BUILDNUMBER="$(echo $GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER)"
           echo "Building in repo [$REPO_NAME] with build number [$BUILDNUMBER] for [$NODE_ENV] environment."