diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update_docs.yml
index 88ad9c42..00a99bd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_docs.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs: #define set of jobs. Here there is only one job, each job is instantiated
       # Step 4: Build docs using sphinx. TZ=UTC needed to circumvent a nuance of running Sphinx on GHA runner
       - name: Fix gh-pages directory structure
         run: |
-          cd 
+          cd ..
           ls
           cd gh-pages 
           mkdir docs