diff --git a/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml b/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
index 8fdf45c8..0a95fa35 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ stages:
               $(dockerImageName):$(imageTag) \
               bash -c "echo \"Moving Playwright reports out of subfolders...\" &&
                 find ./playwright-reports/ -mindepth 2 -type f -exec mv {} ./playwright-reports/ \; &&
-                PLAYWRIGHT_JUNIT_OUTPUT_DIR='/app/test_results'
-                PLAYWRIGHT_JUNIT_OUTPUT_NAME='junit_results.xml'
                 echo \"Merging reports...\" && 
-                npx playwright merge-reports --reporter=ortoni-report,junit ./playwright-reports
+                PLAYWRIGHT_JUNIT_OUTPUT_DIR='/app/test_results' PLAYWRIGHT_JUNIT_OUTPUT_NAME='junit_results.xml' npx playwright merge-reports --reporter=ortoni-report,junit ./playwright-reports
                 echo \"Contents of ortoni-report:\" && ls ./ortoni-report &&
                 echo 'Current dir: ' && pwd
                 echo 'Contents of current dir: ' && ls