diff --git a/analyses/cell-type-consensus/scripts/04-combine-celltype-tables.R b/analyses/cell-type-consensus/scripts/04-combine-celltype-tables.R
index 602340f56..453f2d4a9 100644
--- a/analyses/cell-type-consensus/scripts/04-combine-celltype-tables.R
+++ b/analyses/cell-type-consensus/scripts/04-combine-celltype-tables.R
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # consensus_annotation: human readable name associated with the consensus label 
 # consensus_ontology: CL ontology term for the consensus cell type 
 
-project_root <- rprojroot::find_root(rprojroot::is_git_root)
+project_root <- rprojroot::find_root(rprojroot::has_dir(".github"))
 
 library(optparse)