diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 658a9e18..6380a649 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ deploy-steps: &deploy-steps
         ssh -i bst-server.pem ec2-user@ec2-18-232-68-210.compute-1.amazonaws.com "
         docker login -u $DOCKER_USER -p $DOCKER_PASS
         docker pull bespoken/bst:$CIRCLE_TAG
-        docker stop $(docker ps -aq)
+        docker stop \$(docker ps -aq)
         docker run -d --env-file .env -p 443:443 -p 5000:5000 bespoken/bst:$CIRCLE_TAG tail -f /dev/null
         "