diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index c975d06f..e6774941 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         npm run build
     - name: create release branch
       run: |
-        git -C checkout -b release-${{ env.VERSION }}
+        git -C ./ checkout -b release-${{ env.VERSION }}
         echo changing version string in owa_env.php
         sed -i "" "s/master/${{ env.VERSION}}/g" ./owa_env.php
         cat ./owa_env.php