diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/builders/railpack.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/builders/railpack.ts
index 481dc0faa..991720f3a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/builders/railpack.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/builders/railpack.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import type { WriteStream } from "node:fs";
 import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
 import type { ApplicationNested } from ".";
-import { prepareEnvironmentVariables } from "../docker/utils";
+import {
+	parseEnvironmentKeyValuePair,
+	prepareEnvironmentVariables,
+} from "../docker/utils";
 import { getBuildAppDirectory } from "../filesystem/directory";
 import { execAsync } from "../process/execAsync";
 import { spawnAsync } from "../process/spawnAsync";
@@ -81,10 +84,10 @@ export const buildRailpack = async (
 
 		// Add secrets properly formatted
 		const env: { [key: string]: string } = {};
-		for (const envVar of envVariables) {
-			const [key, value] = envVar.split("=");
+		for (const pair of envVariables) {
+			const [key, value] = parseEnvironmentKeyValuePair(pair);
 			if (key && value) {
-				buildArgs.push("--secret", `id=${key},env='${key}'`);
+				buildArgs.push("--secret", `id=${key},env=${key}`);
 				env[key] = value;
 			}
 		}
@@ -161,11 +164,11 @@ export const getRailpackCommand = (
 
 	// Add secrets properly formatted
 	const exportEnvs = [];
-	for (const envVar of envVariables) {
-		const [key, value] = envVar.split("=");
+	for (const pair of envVariables) {
+		const [key, value] = parseEnvironmentKeyValuePair(pair);
 		if (key && value) {
-			buildArgs.push("--secret", `id=${key},env='${key}'`);
-			exportEnvs.push(`export ${key}=${value}`);
+			buildArgs.push("--secret", `id=${key},env=${key}`);
+			exportEnvs.push(`export ${key}='${value}'`);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/docker/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/docker/utils.ts
index 840e6f417..61f71381e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/docker/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/docker/utils.ts
@@ -279,6 +279,17 @@ export const prepareEnvironmentVariables = (
 	return resolvedVars;
 };
 
+export const parseEnvironmentKeyValuePair = (
+	pair: string,
+): [string, string] => {
+	const [key, ...valueParts] = pair.split("=");
+	if (!key || !valueParts.length) {
+		throw new Error(`Invalid environment variable pair: ${pair}`);
+	}
+
+	return [key, valueParts.join("")];
+};
+
 export const getEnviromentVariablesObject = (
 	input: string | null,
 	projectEnv?: string | null,
@@ -288,7 +299,7 @@ export const getEnviromentVariablesObject = (
 	const jsonObject: Record<string, string> = {};
 
 	for (const pair of envs) {
-		const [key, value] = pair.split("=");
+		const [key, value] = parseEnvironmentKeyValuePair(pair);
 		if (key && value) {
 			jsonObject[key] = value;
 		}