diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d94e6e28c..9b66b8859 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install pybind11[global]
           export pybind11_DIR=$(python -m pybind11 --cmakedir)
           python -m pip install .[dmet,ebcc] --user 
-          python -m pip install .[pygnme] --user
-          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:$(python -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))")
+          python -m pip install -e .[pygnme] --user
+          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(dirname $(python -c 'import pygnme;print(pygnme.__path__[0])') ):$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: |
+          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(dirname $(python -c 'import pygnme;print(pygnme.__path__[0])') ):$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
           python -m pip install pytest pytest-cov --user
           python .github/workflows/run_tests.py
       - name: Upload to codecov