diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml
index 8745120..a3cb29d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ on:
       - 'appendix'
       - 'desktop.sh'
       - 'rocker.sh'
+      - 'scripts/**'
       - '.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml'
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/appendix b/appendix
index 6c8e477..e6cbd2b 100644
--- a/appendix
+++ b/appendix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN cp ${REPO_DIR}/custom_jupyter_server_config.json ${NB_PYTHON_PREFIX}/etc/jup
 RUN rm -rf ${REPO_DIR}/book ${REPO_DIR}/docs
 
 # Copy scripts into /pyrocket_scripts directory in the image
-COPY ${REPO_DIR}/scripts /pyrocket_scripts
+RUN mkdir -p /pyrocket_scripts && cp -r ${REPO_DIR}/scripts /pyrocket_scripts
 
 # Set ownership to root and permissions to 755
 RUN chown -R root:root /pyrocket_scripts && \