diff --git a/jenkins/Jenkinsfile b/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
index f8c568bb..3076346a 100644
--- a/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             sh 'python3.11 -m venv --system-site-packages $HOME'
             sh '''#!/bin/bash -ex
+              # make sure we have the git tags, since we need that to correctly version plenoptic
+              git fetch --tags
               source $HOME/bin/activate
               pip install -U pip
               pip install .[docs]
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ pipeline {
               echo \$(ls \$HOME)
               echo \$(ls \$HOME/docs)
               echo \$(ls \$HOME/docs/_build)
+              mv docs/_build/ $HOME/built-docs/
+              echo \$(ls \$HOME/built-docs)
            '''
             lock('plenoptic_docs_publish') {
               script {
@@ -116,9 +120,9 @@ pipeline {
                 mkdir -p \$DOCS_DIR
                 echo \$(ls \$HOME)
                 echo \$(ls \$HOME/docs)
-                echo \$(ls \$HOME/docs/_build)
+                echo \$(ls \$HOME/built-docs)
                 echo \$(ls \$DOCS_DIR)
-                cp -rp \$HOME/docs/_build/html/* \$DOCS_DIR
+                cp -rp \$HOME/built-docs/html/* \$DOCS_DIR
                 # using -f here makes sure we add the index.html files, which are included in workshops .gitignore (since some are auto-generated)
                 git add -A -f --verbose docs/\$PROJECT_NAME
                 GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="jenkins@flatironinstitute.org" GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Flatiron Jenkins" git commit --author='Flatiron Jenkins <jenkins@flatironinstitute.org>' --allow-empty -m "Generated documentation for \$DOCS_DIR" -m '${env.BUILD_TAG}'
diff --git a/tests/test_tools.py b/tests/test_tools.py
index 04ee49f5..b114d01d 100644
--- a/tests/test_tools.py
+++ b/tests/test_tools.py
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ def mean_metric(x, y):
             po.tools.validate.validate_metric(mean_metric, device=DEVICE)
 
     def test_validate_metric_nonnegative(self):
+        po.tools.set_seed(0)
+
         def sum_metric(x, y):
             return (x - y).sum()