diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_gather-app-inv.yml b/.github/workflows/main_gather-app-inv.yml
index 521433c..df1a347 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main_gather-app-inv.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main_gather-app-inv.yml
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ jobs:
           npm install --workspaces=false
           npm run -w backend build --if-present
           npm run -w backend test --if-present
-        working-directory: ./backend
+        working-directory: backend
 
       - name: Zip artifact for deployment
         run: zip release.zip ./* -r
-        working-directory: ./backend
+        working-directory: backend
 
       - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3