diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index d0fb445f2..ca78b5949 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Sphinx and Theme via Pip
       run: |
         pip install -r .github/workflows/requirements/docs.txt
+        # create a dummy workspace to get a working ramble
+        bin/benchpark workspace setup saxpy/openmp nosite-x86 /tmp/workspace
+        # this is gross and we should better setup ramble for people or make it a Spack package
+        pip install -r /tmp/workspace/ramble/requirements.txt
 
     - name: Build with sphinx
       run: |
         sphinx-build docs/ _build
+        # make html WORKSPACE_PATH=/tmp/workspace
 
     - name: Check for Typos using Codespell
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/requirements/docs.txt b/.github/workflows/requirements/docs.txt
index 6078a7a31..ebcb0e6a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 sphinx==7.2.6
 sphinx-rtd-theme==2.0.0
 codespell==2.2.6
+pandas==2.2.0