diff --git a/sbcl-nginx.yml b/sbcl-nginx.yml
index 95c8041..9420077 100644
--- a/sbcl-nginx.yml
+++ b/sbcl-nginx.yml
@@ -488,8 +488,7 @@ write_files:
       sudo apt install -y build-essential git autoconf texinfo libncurses-dev libgnutls28-dev libjansson-dev libgccjit-11-dev pkg-config zlib1g-dev libtree-sitter-dev
 
       # Clone the Emacs repository
-      git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git
-      cd emacs
+      git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git ~/emacs-src && cd emacs-src
 
       # Check out the Emacs-29 branch (replace 'emacs-29' with the specific version if different)
       git checkout emacs-29