diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5c599df..50b67fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
             echo 'ALL   ALL=(ALL:ALL) PASSWD: ALL' | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers.d/010_require_sudo_password
             sudo useradd -m -p "$(openssl passwd -1 $INKY_INITAL_PASSWORD)" inky
             sudo usermod -a -G adm,dialout,cdrom,sudo,audio,video,plugdev,games,users,input,netdev,gpio,i2c,spi inky
-            su inky
+            su - inky
             cd /home/inky
             sudo apt-get update -y
             python --version
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-get install zlib1g libjpeg-dev libatlas-base-dev rustc libopenjp2-7 python3-dev scons libssl-dev python3-venv python3-pip git libfreetype6-dev -y
             echo $PWD && ls
             git clone --branch main --single-branch https://github.com/aceinnolab/Inkycal
-            sudo chown -R inky:inky Inkycal
             cd Inkycal
             python3 -m venv venv
             . venv/bin/activate
@@ -96,6 +95,7 @@ jobs:
             cd inkycal/tests
             wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aceinnolab/Inkycal/assets/tests/settings.json
             for f in *.py; do python3 "$f"; done
+            sudo chown -R inky:inky /home/inky/Inkycal
             
       - name: Compress the release image
         run: |