diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 628c1a2c..79e57ffc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           python -c 'import protopipe; print(protopipe.__version__)'
 
       - name: Build docs
-        run: make doc SPHINXOPTS="-W --keep-going -n --color -j auto"
+        run: cd docs && make html SPHINXOPTS="-W --keep-going -n --color -j auto"
       
       - name: Deploy to github pages
         # only run on push to master