diff --git a/.github/workflows/perlmutter-no-cache.yaml b/.github/workflows/perlmutter-no-cache.yaml
index 1eb53fa2..4c6727f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/perlmutter-no-cache.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/perlmutter-no-cache.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS: "${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS }}"
   GOOGLE_SPREADSHEET_ID: "${{ secrets.GOOGLE_SPREADSHEET_ID }}"
-  PDC_BUILD_PATH: "${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.run_id }}"
   PDC_TMPDIR: "${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.run_id }}/pdc-tmp-paralell-pdc"
   PDC_DATA_LOC: "${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.run_id }}/pdc-data-paralell-pdc"
   SCHEDULER_PARAMETERS: "-A ${{ secrets.NERSC_PERLMUTTER_PROJECT }} --qos=debug --constraint=cpu --tasks-per-node=64 -N 1 -t 00:30:00"
@@ -27,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
     - run: |
         module load libfabric
         module list
-        mkdir -p ${PDC_BUILD_PATH}/build
-        cd ${PDC_BUILD_PATH}/build
-        cmake ../.. -DBUILD_MPI_TESTING=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPDC_SERVER_CACHE=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PDC_BUILD_PATH}/build -DPDC_ENABLE_MPI=ON -DMERCURY_DIR=$MERCURY_DIR -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cc -DMPI_RUN_CMD="srun -A ${{ secrets.NERSC_PERLMUTTER_PROJECT }} --qos=debug --constraint=cpu --tasks-per-node=64"
+        mkdir -p build install
+        cd build
+        cmake .. -DBUILD_MPI_TESTING=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPDC_SERVER_CACHE=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(realpath ..)/install -DPDC_ENABLE_MPI=ON -DMERCURY_DIR=$MERCURY_DIR -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cc -DMPI_RUN_CMD="srun -A ${{ secrets.NERSC_PERLMUTTER_PROJECT }} --qos=debug --constraint=cpu --tasks-per-node=64"
         make -j
         make install
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.1.0
@@ -37,7 +36,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: "${{ github.job }}"
         path: |
-          ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.run_id }}/build
+          build
+          install
 
   parallel-pdc:
     needs:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.0
     - run: |
         export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$MERCURY_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-        cd ${PDC_BUILD_PATH}
+        cd install
         ctest -L parallel_pdc
         rm -rf ${PDC_TMPDIR} ${PDC_DATA_LOC}
 
@@ -74,12 +74,9 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 20
         lfs: true
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.0
-      with:
-        path: |
-          ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.run_id }}
     - run: |
         export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$MERCURY_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-        cd ${PDC_BUILD_PATH}
+        cd install
         ctest -L parallel_obj
         rm -rf ${PDC_TMPDIR} ${PDC_DATA_LOC}