diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
index 9e87f6a..e9b0a4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
             User $SSH_USER
             IdentityFile ~/.ssh/sshkey.key
             StrictHostKeyChecking no
+            SendEnv TARGET_DIR
           END
         env:
           SSH_USER: ${{ inputs.production == true && secrets.PRODUCTION_SSH_USER || secrets.STAGING_SSH_USER }}
@@ -39,8 +40,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run deploy commands on remote server
         run: |
-          ssh sshhost 'echo "target dir: $TARGET_DIR"'
-          ssh sshhost 'cd "$TARGET_DIR" && pwd'
+          ssh sshhost 'echo "target dir 1: $TARGET_DIR"'
+          ssh sshhost TARGET_DIR=$TARGET_DIR 'echo "target dir 2: $TARGET_DIR"'
+          ssh sshhost TARGET_DIR=$TARGET_DIR 'cd "$TARGET_DIR" && pwd'
           ssh sshhost 'cd $TARGET_DIR && git fetch && git checkout main && git pull && bash check_env.sh && docker compose up -d --no-deps --build backend'
           ssh sshhost 'df . | awk "NR==2{if(\$4<=20*1024*1024) { system(\"docker system prune -f\") } else { system(\"echo \\\"Enough space left. No need to prune docker.\\\"\") } }"'
         env: