diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/create_documentation.yml
index 0a1bdefef..2899b599c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_documentation.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prerequirements
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libmuparser-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libomp5 libomp-dev libfftw3-dev libcfitsio-dev lcov 
+          sudo apt-get install libmuparser-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libomp5 libomp-dev libfftw3-dev libcfitsio-dev lcov doxygen
           pip install -r doc/pages/example_notebooks/requirements.txt # load requrements for notebooks
+          pip install sphinx
       - name: Set up the build
         env:
           CXX: ${{ matrix.config.cxx }}
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir build
           cd build
           cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local \
-            -DENABLE_PYTHON=True -DENABLE_TESTING=Off -DENABLE_SWIG_BUILTIN=${{ matrix.config.swig_builtin }} \
+            -DENABLE_PYTHON=True -DENABLE_TESTING=ON -DENABLE_SWIG_BUILTIN=${{ matrix.config.swig_builtin }} \
             -DSIMD_EXTENSIONS=native -DBUILD_DOC=True -DENABLE_COVERAGE=True
       - name: Build CRPropa
         run: |