diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing_external_plugins.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing_external_plugins.yaml
index ae529dfb..7410905b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing_external_plugins.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing_external_plugins.yaml
@@ -52,16 +52,14 @@ jobs:
         poetry install --remove-untracked
         poetry install
         poetry run python -m pip install ./tests/external_plugins_src/
-        poetry shell
-        cd ..
+        cd features
     # installed test plugins aren't recognized by "behave" if run from the
-    # project's root folder, but "poetry run" doesn't work on folders upstream
-    # from project root
+    # project's root folder
 
     - name: Test with pytest
       if: success() || failure()
-      run: pytest --junitxml=reports/pytest/results.xml
+      run: poetry run pytest --junitxml=reports/pytest/results.xml
 
     - name: Test with behave
       if: success() || failure()
-      run: behave --no-skipped --format progress2 --junit --junit-directory reports/behave jrnl/features
+      run: poetry run behave --no-skipped --format progress2 --junit --junit-directory reports/behave