diff --git a/support/gdk-in-a-box/setup-git b/support/gdk-in-a-box/setup-git
index 2af9d1169b6eee59a6a53d0522da90b05f016f4b..5a1fbf72823e9f18c080e0f6853eccdfb6ca6148 100644
--- a/support/gdk-in-a-box/setup-git
+++ b/support/gdk-in-a-box/setup-git
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ read -r name </dev/tty
 echo "What is your e-mail address?"
 read -r email </dev/tty
 git remote set-url --push origin git@gitlab.com:gitlab-community/gitlab.git
-git config --global user.email "$name"
-git config --global user.name "$email"
+git config --global user.email "$email"
+git config --global user.name "$name"
 echo "Please add this key to your profile https://gitlab.com/-/profile/keys"
 cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
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