diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 8550d1f..0ecf3fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@main
 
     - name: can we even see the secrets?
+      with: S: $ {{ secrets.GAR_SECRET_KEY }}
       run: |
         echo "can we access the secrets..."
-        S=$ {{ secrets.GAR_SECRET_KEY }}
         if [ -z ${S} ]; then echo "nope!"; else echo "yep!"; fi
 
     - name: Build the image and push to artifact registry if not a pull request