diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/check-examples.yml
index a83371c..3d6a830 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-examples.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install .
-        cd examples
+        cd docs/examples
         python -m pip install p2j
     - name: test example notebooks
       run: |