diff --git a/.docker/install_cpplib.sh b/.docker/install_cpplib.sh
index d7a5abb4f41ab04d6aba1474bb89b0994b3cb148..0549c77775c19d2fc40bef99b9a059394c20f186 100755
--- a/.docker/install_cpplib.sh
+++ b/.docker/install_cpplib.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 git clone https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-cpplib.git
+cd caosdb-cpplib
 git checkout f-extern-c
 git submodule update --init --recursive
-cd caosdb-cpplib
 mkdir build
 cd build
 conan install .. -s "compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11"