diff --git a/.github/workflows/std.yml b/.github/workflows/std.yml
index 37498986..036cbaf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/std.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/std.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ jobs:
            sudo apt -y update
            sudo apt -y install pandoc wkhtmltopdf weasyprint
        - name: make the document
+         working-directory: doc/std
          run: |
-           make -C doc/std VO-DML.pdf
+           make VO-DML.pdf
        - name: upload the std doc
          uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
          with: