diff --git a/before_script.yml b/before_script.yml
index 4c4bbd047c90c4ae9bab5721707ed085e8ce733c..50c90171e5cc208485a408612db9ebc737c24960 100644
--- a/before_script.yml
+++ b/before_script.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ variables:
   - echo PROJECT_SERVER is ${!PROJECT_SERVER}
   - echo PROJECT_SITE is ${!PROJECT_SITE}
   - export REAL_PROJECT_SITE_NAME=${!PROJECT_SITE}
-  - bash -c '[ `echo ${REAL_PROJECT_SITE_NAME}` -le 5 ] && echo "PROJECT_SERVER is not correctly set"'
+  - bash -c '[ `echo ${REAL_PROJECT_SITE_NAME} | wc -c` -le 5 ] && echo "PROJECT_SERVER is not correctly set"'
   - echo "$PRODUCTION_DEPLOY_KEY" | base64 -d > ~/.ssh/deploy.key
   - chmod 0400 ~/.ssh/deploy.key
   - export SSH_OPTS="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i $HOME/.ssh/deploy.key -p ${!PROJECT_PORT:-22}"