diff --git a/scripts/deploy-packages.sh b/scripts/deploy-packages.sh
index 580be50519d71cb6e0fdaac629336cb677574596..25f2693a83975e199524f9e84bcc5417bce3528a 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-packages.sh
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ EOF
 
 function deploy()
 {
-    if [ -f ${SSH_IDENTIY_FILE} ];
+    if [ -f "${SSH_IDENTIY_FILE}" ];
     then
         RSYNC_RSH="ssh -i ${SSH_IDENTIY_FILE}"
     fi
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ function deploy()
     echo "##########################"
     echo "## deploying repository ##"
     echo "##########################"
+    echo "Using RSYNC_RSH='${RSYNC_RSH}'"
     rsync --archive --recursive --verbose --delete ${DISTRIBUTION_REPOSITOIRY_FOLDER} ${REMOTE_REPOSITORY_LOCATION}
 
     # deploy the manual download files