diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_site.yml b/.github/workflows/build_site.yml
index ed8de14e..efd8c79b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_site.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_site.yml
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           find . -type d -name .pytest_cache -o -name .ruff_cache -o -name .doctrees | xargs rm -rf
           mkdir contents
-          mkdir _site/jupyter-lite
+          sudo mkdir _site/jupyter-lite # sudo because jekyll-build-pages creates the directory as a different user
           find ch*/ -type f -name '*.ipynb' ! -name '*.nbconvert.ipynb' -exec rsync -R {} contents/ \;
-          jupyter lite build --contents contents --output-dir _site/jupyter-lite
+          sudo jupyter lite build --contents contents --output-dir _site/jupyter-lite
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3