diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a74d51b..20c618e 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ end
 desc "Deploy website via rsync"
 task :rsync do
   puts "## Deploying website via Rsync"
-  ok_failed system("rsync -avze 'ssh -p {ssh_port}' --delete #{public_dir}/ #{ssh_user}:#{document_root}")
+  ok_failed system("rsync -avze 'ssh -p #{ssh_port}' --delete #{public_dir}/ #{ssh_user}:#{document_root}")
 end
 
 desc "deploy public directory to github pages"