diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index 55d0f80..b6851ff 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       # sb-common is a path dependency pinned to this absolute path
       # (see crates/*/Cargo.toml); clone it there before building.
       - name: Checkout sb-common
-        run: git clone --depth 1 ${{ github.server_url }}/jan/skara-brae-common.git /home/jan/Development/skara-brae/skara-brae-common
+        run: mkdir -p /home/jan/Development/skara-brae && git clone --depth 1 ${{ github.server_url }}/jan/skara-brae-common.git /home/jan/Development/skara-brae/skara-brae-common
 
       - name: Build
         run: cargo build --workspace