diff --git a/configuration/scripts/mapVarsToConfigs.sh b/configuration/scripts/mapVarsToConfigs.sh
index 80e0fa5..ed3af80 100755
--- a/configuration/scripts/mapVarsToConfigs.sh
+++ b/configuration/scripts/mapVarsToConfigs.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ APPLICATION_NAME=$3
 APPLICATION_VERSION=$4
 APPLICATION_LABEL=$5
 
-DOCKER_REPOSITORY="${DIGITAL_OCEAN}/${DIGITAL_OCEAN_REPO}"
+DOCKER_REPOSITORY="${DIGITAL_OCEAN}\/${DIGITAL_OCEAN_REPO}"
 
 sed -i "s/REPOSITORY/${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/g" configuration/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
 sed -i "s/IMAGE/${APPLICATION_NAME}:${APPLICATION_VERSION}/g" configuration/kubernetes/deployment.yaml