diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 98a3a509b..fd67afd3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Bare Metal ${{ matrix.script.name }}
         run: sh tests/test_bare.sh ${{ matrix.script.args }}
 
+
   production-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -122,7 +123,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
           cache: pip
+      - name: Generate project
+        run: cookiecutter . --no-input project_slug=test_project
       - name: Install production dependencies
-        run: pip install -r {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+        run: pip install -r test_project/requirements/production.txt
       - name: Run Django deployment checks
+        working-directory: test_project
         run: python manage.py check --deploy
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diff --git a/tests/test_docker.sh b/tests/test_docker.sh
index c4129bcbe..26bbdf4a5 100755
--- a/tests/test_docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test_docker.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ docker compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py makemessages --all
 # Make sure the check doesn't raise any warnings
 docker compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py check --fail-level WARNING
 
-# Check for deployment-specific issues
+# Check for deployment specific issues
 docker compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py check --deploy
 
 # Generate the HTML for the documentation
diff --git a/tests/test_production_build.py b/tests/test_production_build.py
index 5abe98a57..82ddeba20 100644
--- a/tests/test_production_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_production_build.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import os
 import subprocess
 
 def test_production_check():
-    # This will raise an exception if there's an error
-    subprocess.check_call(['python', 'manage.py', 'check', '--deploy'])
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+    base_dir = os.getcwd()
+    manage_py_path = os.path.join(base_dir, "test_project", "manage.py")
+    subprocess.check_call(['python', manage_py_path, 'check', '--deploy'])
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