diff --git a/.gitlab-ci-scripts/release.sh b/.gitlab-ci-scripts/release.sh
index cbe8b39f..8f492297 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci-scripts/release.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci-scripts/release.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 if [ -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then .gitlab-ci-scripts/set-prerel-version.sh; fi;
-echo $DOCKER_USERNAME
-echo $DOCKER_PASSWORD | docker login -u $DOCKER_USER --password-stdin $DOCKER_REGISTRY
 .gitlab-ci-scripts/goreleaser.sh
 .gitlab-ci-scripts/upload.sh
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eabdf7b7..aa9cda24 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ prerelease:
     REPO_USER: cicd
     DOCKER_REGISTRY: https://index.docker.io/v1/
     GODIR: /go/src/github.com/oidc-mytoken/server
+  before_script:
+    - echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin "$DOCKER_REGISTRY"
   script:
     - .gitlab-ci-scripts/release.sh