diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4b01203..dca87aa 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs: # A basic unit of work in a run
           key: deps9-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "Pipfile.lock" }}
       - run:
           command: |
-            export FLASK_APP=$(pwd)/autoapp.py
+            export FLASK_APP= "./autoapp.py"
             sudo pip install pipenv
             pipenv install
       - save_cache: # cache Python dependencies using checksum of Pipfile as the cache-key