diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 62b5853..aaf400d 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@
             steps{
                 script {
                     def now = new Date()
-                    def timestamp = now.format("yyMMdd.HHmm", TimeZone.getTimeZone('UTC'))
+                    def timestamp = now.format("yyMMdd-HHmm", TimeZone.getTimeZone('UTC'))
+                    println timestamp
                     def branch = timestamp+"-automatedSLOGeneration"
                     dir("/opt/workspace/coco_terraform_config/") {
-                            sh 'git checkout -b "${branch}"'
+                            sh "git checkout -b \"${branch}\""
                     } 
                 }
             }
@@ -122,9 +123,9 @@
             steps {
                 script {
                     dir("/opt/workspace/coco_terraform_config/") {
-                        sh 'git add .'
-                        sh 'git commit -m "${timestamp}"'
-                        sh 'git push origin ${branch}'
+                        sh "git add ."
+                        sh "git commit -m \"${timestamp}\""
+                        sh "git push origin ${branch}"
                     }   
                 }
             }