diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3adb226cde..d3045ab424 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ jobs:
             npm install @types/node@18.11.9 --save-dev
             # Ensure that meteor/tools has no TypeScript errors.
             ../meteor npm install -g typescript
+            popd
             # Ensure to add node_modules to tools
             ln -s ../dev_bundle/lib/node_modules node_modules
-            popd
             ./meteor --get-ready
           # shouldn't take longer than 60 minutes
           no_output_timeout: 60m