diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-ci-cd.yml
index 63b5876..7f9175a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-ci-cd.yml
@@ -29,18 +29,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
         with:
           mask-password: "true"
-      - name: test env variables
-        run: |
-          echo "$BACKEND_URL"
-        env:
-          BACKEND_URL: ${{ env.BACKEND_URL }}
-          AUTH_URL: ${{ env.AUTH_URL }}
       - name: Build image
         run: |
           docker build --build-arg BACKEND_URL=$BACKEND_URL --build-arg AUTH_URL=$AUTH_URL --build-arg BUILD_FEATURE="" -t dena-attester:latest .
         env:
-          BACKEND_URL: ${{ env.BACKEND_URL }}
-          AUTH_URL: ${{ env.AUTH_URL }}
+          BACKEND_URL: ${{ vars.BACKEND_URL }}
+          AUTH_URL: ${{ vars.AUTH_URL }}
 
       - name: Tag, and push image to Amazon ECR
         env: