diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f8b144aae2d0e708a1b3d5a42caec67f31a0cd88..768c49306e065c344365e766631dcf7d53c38745 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -132,11 +132,12 @@ pages:
   stage: deploy_docs
   tags:
     - git-run-ia2  
-  needs:
-    - job: install_project 
-      artifacts: true
+
   before_script:
     - pip install --upgrade pip
+    - echo "Installing project '${PROJECT}' and its dependencies..."
+    - pip install -e .
+    - echo "${PROJECT} installation complete."
     - pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
   script:
     - echo "Current directory $(pwd)"
@@ -145,8 +146,7 @@ pages:
     - sphinx-build -b html docs/source docs/public/html
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - . # Pass the modified workspace
-  #    - public
+      - public
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH