diff --git a/.github/workflows/NISTtheDocs2Death.yml b/.github/workflows/NISTtheDocs2Death.yml
index fd04b69596..bd492fa311 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/NISTtheDocs2Death.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/NISTtheDocs2Death.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
             )
             )
             && git config --global --add safe.directory /github/workspace
+            && mkdir -p docs/source/generated
             && sphinx-apidoc
                 --output-dir=docs/source/generated/fipy
                 --suffix=rst fipy