diff --git a/framework/docs/build-versioned-docs.sh b/framework/docs/build-versioned-docs.sh
index bea6dbfd8999..452452fc63da 100755
--- a/framework/docs/build-versioned-docs.sh
+++ b/framework/docs/build-versioned-docs.sh
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ END
   cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 done
 
-cd framework/docs
-
 # Build the main version (main for GH CI, local branch for local) 
 if [ $GITHUB_ACTIONS ]
 then
@@ -113,6 +111,8 @@ else
   git checkout --force $current_branch
 fi
 
+cd framework/docs
+
 current_version=main
 export current_version
 for current_language in ${languages}; do