diff --git a/.cci.jenkinsfile b/.cci.jenkinsfile
index b4ed3b5dc3..82d958b285 100644
--- a/.cci.jenkinsfile
+++ b/.cci.jenkinsfile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // Documentation: https://github.com/coreos/coreos-ci/blob/master/README-upstream-ci.md
 
 cosaPod {
-    checkout scm
+    checkoutToDir(scm, 'config')
 
-    shwrap("ci/validate")
+    shwrap("cd config && ci/validate")
 
     shwrap("""
         mkdir -p /srv/fcos && cd /srv/fcos
-        cosa init ${env.WORKSPACE}
+        cosa init ${env.WORKSPACE}/config
         curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-releng-automation/master/scripts/download-overrides.py
         python3 download-overrides.py
         # prep from the latest builds so that we generate a diff on PRs that add packages