diff --git a/resources/ci/common/install.py b/resources/ci/common/install.py
index 7bc6a37e..6830905e 100644
--- a/resources/ci/common/install.py
+++ b/resources/ci/common/install.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import subprocess # do stuff at the shell level
 
 env = common.prepare_env()
 
-pip_requirements = os.path.join("..","..","..","resources","app","meta","manifests","pip_requirements.txt")
+pip_requirements = os.path.join("..","resources","app","meta","manifests","pip_requirements.txt")
+if not os.path.isfile(pip_requirements):
+  pip_requirements = os.path.join("..","..","..","resources","app","meta","manifests","pip_requirements.txt")
 
 def run_install(PY_VERSION,USER):
   # get executables