diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 6ae99612f..3e913bb37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ jobs:
       # There's a limit of 60 concurrent jobs across all repos in the rust-lang organization.
       # In order to prevent overusing too much of that 60 limit, we throttle the
       # number of rustfmt jobs that will run concurrently.
-      max-parallel: 2
-      fail-fast: false
+      # max-parallel:
+      # fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         target: [x86_64-pc-windows-gnu, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
         cfg_release_channel: [stable]
@@ -66,8 +66,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        fetch-depth: 1
+        path: 'C:/dioxus.git'
+
+      #  we need to use the C drive as the working directory
+
+      # - name: Checkout
+      #   run: |
+      #     mkdir C:/dioxus.git
+      #     git clone https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus.git C:/dioxus.git --depth 1
 
       - name: test
+        working-directory: C:/dioxus.git
         run: |
           rustc -Vv
           cargo -V