diff --git a/docker/osm-krm-functions/scripts/library/helper-functions.rc b/docker/osm-krm-functions/scripts/library/helper-functions.rc
index 29e00ff..0a243df 100644
--- a/docker/osm-krm-functions/scripts/library/helper-functions.rc
+++ b/docker/osm-krm-functions/scripts/library/helper-functions.rc
@@ -423,9 +423,10 @@
   done
 
   # Wrap a full patch around, adding target specification
+  export PATCH_CONTENT
   local PATCH_FULL=$(
     yq --null-input ".target.kind = \"${TARGET_KIND}\", .target.name = \"${TARGET_NAME}\"" | \
-    yq ".patch = \"${PATCH_CONTENT}\"" | \
+    yq ".patch = env(PATCH_CONTENT)" | \
     yq "[ . ]"
   )