diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-bonsai-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-bonsai-daily.yml
index df7bff1fff..a1e773b3ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-bonsai-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-bonsai-daily.yml
@@ -128,12 +128,16 @@ jobs:
           blender --command extension install-file -r user_default -e $bonsai_zip
           blender --command extension list
 
-          git clone https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell.git IfcOpenShell
+          # NOTE: cloned into "ifcopenshell_repo" (not "IfcOpenShell") to avoid nesting under
+          # the runner's default workspace, which is already .../work/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell.
+          # Naming this clone "IfcOpenShell" produced a tripled .../IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell
+          # path that broke test fixture path resolution (e.g. bim.link_ifc FileNotFoundError).
+          git clone https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell.git ifcopenshell_repo
 
           # Reregister Bonsai.
           # Note that running it in background might miss some errors
           # (e.g. tools are not registered in background mode).
-          blender --background --python IfcOpenShell/src/bonsai/scripts/reregister_bonsai.py
+          blender --background --python ifcopenshell_repo/src/bonsai/scripts/reregister_bonsai.py
 
           # Install sverchok.
           wget -q -O sverchok.zip https://github.com/nortikin/sverchok/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           blender --command extension install-file -r user_default sverchok.zip
 
           # Install ifcsverchok.
-          cd IfcOpenShell/src/ifcsverchok
+          cd ifcopenshell_repo/src/ifcsverchok
           make dist
           sverchok_zip="$(pwd)/dist/$(ls dist)"
           blender --command extension install-file -r user_default $sverchok_zip
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
           blender --online-mode --command extension sync
           blender --online-mode --command extension install --enable --sync sun_position
 
-          cd IfcOpenShell/src/bonsai
+          cd ifcopenshell_repo/src/bonsai
           pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
           blender --background --python scripts/setup_pytest.py
           blender --python-expr "import bonsai; print(bonsai.bbim_semver); import ifcopenshell; print(ifcopenshell.version)" --background