diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 93b1a1c5e8c..be5a37ff46a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -521,7 +521,12 @@ jobs:
               git clone -b ${{ matrix.netcdf}} https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c
               #pushd netcdf-c
               nc-config --all
+              echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH:"
               echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+              echo "CFLAGS:"
+              echo $CFLAGS
+              echo "LDFLAGS:"
+              echo $LDFLAGS
               cd netcdf-c
               autoreconf -if
 
@@ -657,6 +662,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build 2 libhdf5-${{ matrix.hdf5 }}-${{ matrix.netcdf }}
         if: steps.cache-hdf5.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
+          cd $HOME
           git clone -b ${{ matrix.netcdf}} https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c
           #pushd netcdf-c
           cd netcdf-c
@@ -706,6 +712,7 @@ jobs:
               #cd build
               #LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} cmake .. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
               #- name: "Create build directory and run CMake"
+              cd $HOME
               pwd
               find . | grep -i CMakeLists.txt
               LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} cmake -S netcdf-c -B build -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
@@ -722,6 +729,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build All
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
+              cd $HOME
               cd build
               LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} make -j 12
         if: ${{ success() }}
@@ -729,6 +737,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Tests
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
+              cd $HOME
               cd build
               LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ctest -j 1 .
         if: ${{ success() }}