diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml
index 6801c797b3..bac86c8c15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ jobs:
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+        submodules: recursive
       
-    - name: make
-      working-directory: unit_tests/
+    - name: Build tests
+      working-directory: ./unit_tests/
       run: make