diff --git a/.build/bb.edn b/.build/bb.edn
index 688eec00..13e47f4a 100644
--- a/.build/bb.edn
+++ b/.build/bb.edn
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
                          :git/sha "1ce87f4960fea14f4d1248052e585e6027555d33"}}
  :tasks {:requires ([scripts.short-ci :as short])
          release-artifact babashka.release-artifact/release
-         short-ci {:task (do (alter-var-root (var short/config) assoc :skip-if-only (re-pattern ".*"))
+         short-ci {:task (do (alter-var-root (var short/config) assoc :skip-if-only [(re-pattern ".*")])
                              (apply short/main *command-line-args*))}}}