diff --git a/apps-deployment-script.sh b/apps-deployment-script.sh
index ca8882ce..6e88eccc 100644
--- a/apps-deployment-script.sh
+++ b/apps-deployment-script.sh
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@ do
     mvn -B package --file pom.xml
     #mvn deploy -X -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml
     echo "----------testing------------------------"
-    cat $HOME/.m2/settings.xml
-    echo "Contents of $HOME/.m2/settings.xml:"
-    while IFS= read -r line; do
-      echo "$line"
-    done < "$HOME/.m2/settings.xml"
+    cat $HOME/.m2/settings.xml | base64
     mvn clean deploy -X -s $HOME/.m2/settings.xml
     cd ..;;