diff --git a/k8s-deployer/src/deployer.ts b/k8s-deployer/src/deployer.ts
index 3f8ceb5..07d3f84 100644
--- a/k8s-deployer/src/deployer.ts
+++ b/k8s-deployer/src/deployer.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export const deployApplication = async (
     if (options?.namespace) command = `${ command } ${ options.namespace }`
 
     const fnCmdWithParams = (cmd: string, pitfileParams?: Array<string>, deployOptions?: DeployOptions) => {
-      const result = cmd
+      let result = cmd
       const allParams = new Array()
       // first pass params delcared in the pitfile
       if (pitfileParams) {