diff --git a/infrastructure/deploy.py b/infrastructure/deploy.py
index 69189a7e..272ee56f 100644
--- a/infrastructure/deploy.py
+++ b/infrastructure/deploy.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def restart_api_if_still_running(args, api_ip_address):
         exit(terraform_code)
 
     ip_address_match = re.match(
-        r".*\napi_server_1_ip = (\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\n.*", terraform_output, re.DOTALL
+        r".*\napi_server_1_ip = \"(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\"\n.*", terraform_output, re.DOTALL
     )
 
     if ip_address_match: