diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index df772fc89..fd3223bb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -44,16 +44,21 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: DefangLabs/defang
-          path: ../defang
+          path: defang
           ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' && github.event.client_payload.version || 'main' }}
 
       - name: Checkout DefangLabs/samples
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: DefangLabs/samples
-          path: ../samples
+          path: samples
           ref: main
 
+      - name: symlink samples and defang
+        run: |
+          ln -s ../defang defang
+          ln -s ../samples samples
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
index f90969985..a785b4698 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
@@ -25,16 +25,21 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: DefangLabs/defang
-          path: ../defang
+          path: defang
           ref: main
 
       - name: Checkout DefangLabs/samples
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: DefangLabs/samples
-          path: ../samples
+          path: samples
           ref: main
 
+      - name: symlink samples and defang
+        run: |
+          ln -s ../defang defang
+          ln -s ../samples samples
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with: