diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/build-hello-app.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/build-hello-app.yml
index 5e36427..14ccc5a 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build-hello-app.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/build-hello-app.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
       # instead, using the tools that are actually present (wget, tar).
       - name: Checkout (manual - no git/node in this image)
         run: |
+          echo "workspace is: ${{ github.workspace }}"
+          mkdir -p "${{ github.workspace }}"
           wget --header="Authorization: token ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_TOKEN }}" \
             -O "${{ github.workspace }}/source.tar.gz" \
             "https://git.boglabob.com/${{ github.repository }}/archive/${{ github.sha }}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/apps/hello-app/src/index.html b/apps/hello-app/src/index.html
index 3cc0bee..d9ca7fb 100644
--- a/apps/hello-app/src/index.html
+++ b/apps/hello-app/src/index.html
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
   <footer>
     Source: <a href="https://git.boglabob.com">git.boglabob.com</a>
   </footer>
-  <!-- CI retrigger: pick up the fixed checkout step -->
+  <!-- CI retrigger: mkdir workspace fix -->
 
 </main>
 </body>