diff --git a/tests/slo_workloads/Dockerfile b/tests/slo_workloads/Dockerfile
index ab909c7268..091ce23066 100644
--- a/tests/slo_workloads/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/slo_workloads/Dockerfile
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ COPY . /ydb-cpp-sdk
 WORKDIR /ydb-cpp-sdk
 RUN rm -rf build
 
-RUN ls -la && cmake -DSLO_BRANCH_REF=${REF} --preset ${PRESET}
+RUN cmake -DSLO_BRANCH_REF=${REF} --preset ${PRESET}
 RUN cmake --build --preset default --target slo-key-value
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["./build/tests/slo_workloads/key_value/slo-key-value"]
diff --git a/tests/slo_workloads/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/slo_workloads/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 99de2d72bd..e8589a568f 100644
--- a/tests/slo_workloads/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/slo_workloads/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ target_link_libraries(slo-utils PUBLIC
 )
 
 if (SLO_BRANCH_REF)
-  target_compile_definitions(slo-utils PRIVATE REF="${SLO_BRANCH_REF}")
+  target_compile_definitions(slo-utils PRIVATE REF=${SLO_BRANCH_REF})
 endif()
 
 target_sources(slo-utils PRIVATE