diff --git a/jjb/cord-macros.yaml b/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
index 3a3b2ef..1cca914 100644
--- a/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
+++ b/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     builders:
       - inject:
           properties-content: |
-            SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS="{sonar-prep-commands}"
+            SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS={sonar-prep-commands}
       - shell: !include-raw-escape: shell/sonarprep.sh
       - sonar:
           sonar-name: 'sonarqube.opencord.org'
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             sonar.sources=.
             sonar.projectKey={project}_$GERRIT_BRANCH
             sonar.python.pylint=/usr/local/bin/pylint
-            sonar.java.binaries="{sonar-java-binaries}"
+            sonar.java.binaries={sonar-java-binaries}
 
 # trigger on gerrit patchsets and actions
 # docs: https://docs.openstack.org/infra/jenkins-job-builder/triggers.html#triggers.gerrit
diff --git a/jjb/verify/ves-agent.yaml b/jjb/verify/ves-agent.yaml
index a9c4abb..fca6a70 100644
--- a/jjb/verify/ves-agent.yaml
+++ b/jjb/verify/ves-agent.yaml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
       - 'verify-licensed'
       - 'verify-sonarqube':
           dependency-jobs: 'verify_ves-agent_tag-collision'
-          sonar-prep-commands: 'build.sh'
+          sonar-prep-commands: './build.sh'
           sonar-java-binaries: 'target'