diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3e3beeb98..ad274b62d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn fmt
 
       - name: Set tauri.updater.active to true
-        run: echo "$(jq '.tauri.updater.active=true' src-tauri/tauri.conf.json --indent 2)" > src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+        run: |
+          TAURI_CONF=src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+          echo "$(jq '.tauri.updater.active=true' $TAURI_CONF --indent 2)" > $TAURI_CONF
+          cat $TAURI_CONF
 
       - name: Build the app for the current platform (no upload)
         uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0