diff --git a/.github/actions/upload-wheel/action.yml b/.github/actions/upload-wheel/action.yml
index c4ae5b0..7728b43 100644
--- a/.github/actions/upload-wheel/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/upload-wheel/action.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: "wheel upload to gemfury"
 description: "we build our wheel here and upload it to gemfury"
 
+env:
+  GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN: value
+  TEST_VAR: val
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -21,12 +25,20 @@ runs:
       sudo apt-get update
       sudo apt-get install fury-cli
     shell: bash
+  - name: retrieve gemfury token
+    run: |
+      echo "TEST_VAR=$(aws secretsmanager  get-secret-value --secret-id gemfury-push-yank | jq .SecretString | sed -e 's/\\//g' | sed -e 's/.$//' | sed -e 's/\"//' | jq .GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      echo "::add-mask::TEMP_VAR=$(aws secretsmanager  get-secret-value --secret-id gemfury-push-yank | jq .SecretString | sed -e 's/\\//g' | sed -e 's/.$//' | sed -e 's/\"//' | jq .GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN)"
+      echo $TEMP_VAR
+      echo "GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN=$TEMP_VAR" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    shell: bash
   - name: push wheel to gemfury
     run: |
-      echo "add-mask::export GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN=$(aws secretsmanager  get-secret-value --secret-id gemfury-push-yank | jq .SecretString | sed -e \'s/\\//g\' | sed -e \'s/.$//\' | sed -e \'s/\"//\' | jq .GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN)"
       python -m pip install wheel-filename
       sudo apt install jq
       export PACKAGE_VERSION=`wheel-filename dist/$(ls dist -1 | grep whl) | jq -r '.version'`
-      fury yank qcog_python_client -v $PACKAGE_VERSION --account qognitive --api-token ${GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN} || echo "No existing package to remove, moving on to push."
-      fury push dist/$(ls dist -1 | grep whl) --api-token ${GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN}
+      echo ${{ env.TEST_VAR }}
+      echo ${{ env.GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN }}
+      fury yank qcog_python_client -v $PACKAGE_VERSION --account qognitive --api-token ${{ env.GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN }} || echo "No existing package to remove, moving on to push."
+      fury push dist/$(ls dist -1 | grep whl) --api-token ${{ env.GEMFURY_MASTER_TOKEN }}
     shell: bash