diff --git a/regression-tests/driven_cavity_test.sh b/regression-tests/driven_cavity_test.sh
index 4fbe1a6fdc708581bf1e2ae2a66149a0f97386ad..9017a72c316f46d21ae28541ffac806d9405ef06 100755
--- a/regression-tests/driven_cavity_test.sh
+++ b/regression-tests/driven_cavity_test.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ rm -r reference_data && mkdir -p reference_data
 git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/irmb/test_data reference_data
 cd reference_data
 git sparse-checkout add regression_tests/gpu/DrivenCavity_2Levels
+cd ..
 
 # build VirtualFluids accordingly to our specific test scenario.
 # in this case adding -DUSER_APPS="apps/gpu/LBM/DrivenCavity to the cmake command is not necessary, because the DrivenCavity is added to VirtualFluids by default.
diff --git a/regression-tests/driven_cavity_uniform_test.sh b/regression-tests/driven_cavity_uniform_test.sh
index 94262af9e67a9413d7619fa921d505c8ea82cf03..3c480071b922fbe9ce0747b73acf1192fe36c985 100755
--- a/regression-tests/driven_cavity_uniform_test.sh
+++ b/regression-tests/driven_cavity_uniform_test.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ rm -r reference_data && mkdir -p reference_data
 git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/irmb/test_data reference_data
 cd reference_data
 git sparse-checkout add regression_tests/gpu/DrivenCavity_uniform
+cd ..
 
 # build VirtualFluids accordingly to our specific test scenario.
 # in this case adding -DUSER_APPS="apps/gpu/LBM/DrivenCavity to the cmake command is not necessary, because the DrivenCavity is added to VirtualFluids by default.