diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 550da67..ae211a2 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ deploy:
     branch: master
 
 on_success:
-  - ps: .\run-docs.ps1 $env:USERPROFILE %github_access_token% %github_email% equinox2k
+  - ps: .\run-docs.ps1 $env:USERPROFILE $env:github_access_token $env:github_email equinox2k
   - bash release-docs.sh
diff --git a/run-docs.ps1 b/run-docs.ps1
index 2780703..143b95c 100644
--- a/run-docs.ps1
+++ b/run-docs.ps1
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ Write-Host $github_user
 
 git config --global credential.helper store
 Add-Content "$user_profile\.git-credentials" "https://$($github_access_token):x-oauth-basic@github.com`n"
-git config --global user.email %github_email%
-git config --global user.name %github_user%
+git config --global user.email $github_email
+git config --global user.name $github_user