diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 101704f..61bee80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip
           # if running a cron job, we add the --pre flag to test against pre-releases
-          python -m pip install .[dev] ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && '--pre' || ''  }}
+          python -m pip install -e ".[dev]" ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && '--pre' || ''  }}
 
       - name: 🧪 Run Tests
         run: pytest --color=yes --cov --cov-config=pyproject.toml --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a4290e..90c5343 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ exclude_lines = [
     "raise NotImplementedError()",
 ]
 
+
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = ["src/microssim"]