diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index ae00eceda..271ed86a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ jobs:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
     - name: npm install, build, and test
       run: |
+        npm install standard --save-dev
+        npx standard || true  # several files are still on compliant
         cd linear-algebra-javascript
         npm ci
         npm run build --if-present
         npm test
-        cd ..
-        npm install standard --save-dev
-        npx standard || true  # several files are still on compliant
       env:
         CI: true