diff --git a/actions/utils/parse_workspace/action.yml b/actions/utils/parse_workspace/action.yml
index a42334a4..a4bc3f60 100644
--- a/actions/utils/parse_workspace/action.yml
+++ b/actions/utils/parse_workspace/action.yml
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ runs:
             workspace_contents = f.read()
         workspace_contents_yaml = yaml.safe_load(workspace_contents)
 
+        base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(workspace))
+
         output_obj = [
             {
                 'name': location['location_name'],
-                'directory': location.get('build', {'directory': '.'}).get('directory'),
-                'build_folder': location.get('build', {'directory': '.'}).get('directory'),
+                'directory': os.path.join(base_dir, location.get('build', {'directory': '.'}).get('directory')),
+                'build_folder': os.path.join(base_dir, location.get('build', {'directory': '.'}).get('directory')),
                 'registry': location.get('build', {'directory': '.'}).get('registry'),
                 'location_file': str(workspace),
             }
diff --git a/sample-repo/dagster_cloud.yaml b/sample-repo/dagster_cloud.yaml
index 615f65d5..c0db60e1 100644
--- a/sample-repo/dagster_cloud.yaml
+++ b/sample-repo/dagster_cloud.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ locations:
     code_source:
       python_file: repo.py
     build:
-      directory: ./sample-repo
+      directory: .
       registry: 764506304434.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/branch-deployments-gh-action-test