diff --git a/.github/workflows/example_data_cache.yml b/.github/workflows/example_data_cache.yml
index c94cd1c57..f218538bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/example_data_cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/example_data_cache.yml
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Download ephys dataset from S3
         run: |
           mkdir -p ~/NWB_GUIDE/test-data/GIN
-          cd ~/NWB_GUIDE/test-data/GIN
-          aws s3 cp --region=us-east-2 ${{ secrets.S3_GIN_BUCKET }}/ephy_testing_data . --recursive
+          aws s3 cp --region=us-east-2 ${{ secrets.S3_GIN_BUCKET }}/ephy_testing_data ~/NWB_GUIDE/test-data/GIN/ --recursive
       - if: steps.cache-ophys-datasets.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         name: Download ophys dataset from S3
         run: aws s3 cp --region=us-east-2 ${{ secrets.S3_GIN_BUCKET }}/ophys_testing_data ~/NWB_GUIDE/test-data/GIN/ --recursive