diff --git a/.github/workflows/automated-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/automated-tests.yml
index 052c1852..a290ef97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automated-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automated-tests.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check flake8
         run: |
           cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src/
-          poetry run flake8
+          docker compose exec -it tests-dsmr-app poetry run flake8
 
       - name: Run SQLite tests
         run: docker compose run -e DJANGO_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.sqlite3 -it tests-dsmr-app poetry run pytest --cov --cov-report=html