diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyinstaller-win-shawn.yml b/.github/workflows/pyinstaller-win-shawn.yml
index d156a82e7..1fe0d0475 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pyinstaller-win-shawn.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pyinstaller-win-shawn.yml
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install wine
 
       - name: install python 3.8
-        working-directory: py38
         run: |
+          mkdir py38
+          cd py38
           wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.10/python-3.8.10-embed-amd64.zip
           unzip python-3.8.10-embed-amd64.zip
           wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py