diff --git a/_pages/projects.md b/_pages/projects.md
index 8957e7998fe9..973e790e63ad 100644
--- a/_pages/projects.md
+++ b/_pages/projects.md
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ horizontal: false
   <div class="container">
     <div class="row row-cols-2">
     {%- for project in sorted_projects -%}
-      {%- project.projectbla -%}
+      {%- assign testVariable = project.projectbla -%}
+      {{ testVariable }}
       {% include projects_horizontal.html %}
     {%- endfor %}
     </div>