diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 03135a0b..f48c20b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ jobs:
           cache-dependency-path: backend/requirements.txt
 
       - name: Install backend dependencies
+        working-directory: backend
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
 
       - name: Run backend tests
-        run: pytest -q backend/tests
+        working-directory: backend
+        run: python -m pytest -q tests