diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
index e385f2527..0e8aca55b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone docs repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          path: docs
-
+        
       - name: Clone main repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           path: napari
           repository: napari/napari
+      
+      - name: Copy examples to docs folder
+        run: |
+          cp -R napari/examples .
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
@@ -44,10 +46,10 @@ jobs:
           GOOGLE_CALENDAR_ID: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CALENDAR_ID }}
           GOOGLE_CALENDAR_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CALENDAR_API_KEY }}
         with:
-          run: make -C docs/ docs
+          run: make docs
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: docs
-          path: docs/docs/_build
+          path: docs/_build
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e8e3454e3..47c885c4b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def reset_napari_theme(gallery_conf, fname):
 
 
 sphinx_gallery_conf = {
-    'examples_dirs': '../../napari/examples',  # path to your example scripts
+    'examples_dirs': '../examples',  # path to your example scripts
     'gallery_dirs': 'gallery',  # path to where to save gallery generated output
     'filename_pattern': '/*.py',
     'ignore_pattern': 'README.rst|/*_.py',