diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9455028..d4b53ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Determine hosts"
         id: hosts
         run: |
-          hosts="$(nix eval .#nixosConfigurations --apply builtins.attrNames --json)"
-          echo "${hosts}"
-          echo "hostnames=${hosts}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: "List hosts of step"
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ steps.hosts.outputs.hostnames }}"
+          hostnames="$(nix eval .#nixosConfigurations --apply builtins.attrNames --json)"
+          printf "hostnames=%s\n" "${hostnames}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" # Preserve quotes
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest