diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index d2e60ca8..0366cb7d 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ stages:
                 # TODO: Update to include test status message later
                 echo \"Contents of ortoni-report:\" && ls ./ortoni-report &&
                 branch_name=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)  # Had to do it this way because Build.SourceBranchName is always "merge" on PR
-                jira_card_number="${branch_name##*/}"           # Grab everything after last "/""
+                jira_card_number=\"${branch_name##*/}\"           # Grab everything after last "/""
                 echo \"Writing report to Jira card '$jira_card_number'...\" && 
                 ./devops/scripts/jira_writeback.sh add_comment \"$jira_card_number\" /app/ortoni-report/ortoni-report.html \"AUTOMATED TEST RUN: $(date)\" ")