diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3e06d33126f85..603843f747fc5 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ commands:
             - run:
                 name: "Remove plugins/parsers/influx/machine.go from coverage"
                 command: sed -i '/github.com\/influxdata\/telegraf\/plugins\/parsers\/influx\/machine.go/d' coverage.out
+            - run:
+                name: "variable check"
+                command: echo ${COVERALLS_TELEGRAF_TOKEN}
             - run:
                 name: "Upload test coverage"
                 command: /go/bin/goveralls -coverprofile=coverage.out -service=circle-ci -repotoken=${COVERALLS_TELEGRAF_TOKEN}
@@ -184,6 +187,8 @@ commands:
 jobs:
   test-go-linux:
     executor: telegraf-ci
+    context:
+      - telegraf-coveralls
     steps:
       - checkout
       - restore_cache:
@@ -501,8 +506,6 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             tags:
               only: /.*/
-          context:
-            - telegraf-coveralls
       - 'test-go-linux-386':
           filters:
             tags: