diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/gh_docs.yml
index 5b48597..7905e2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh_docs.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install doc deps
         run: |
           pip install .[docs]
+          mkdir -p ~/.casa/data
       - name: Install Pandoc dependency for nbconvert 
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install pandoc 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-casa.yml b/.github/workflows/test-casa.yml
index c28ca62..c92fe2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-casa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-casa.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install doc deps
         run: |
           pip install .[docs]
+          mkdir -p ~/.casa/data
       - name: Install Pandoc dependency for nbconvert 
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install pandoc