diff --git a/build_conda.sh b/build_conda.sh
index 4292472503..1d8210b232 100644
--- a/build_conda.sh
+++ b/build_conda.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ if [ ! -d "$BASE_DIR/slime" ]; then
   export SLIME_DIR=$BASE_DIR/slime
   pip install -e .
 else
-  export SLIME_DIR=$BASE_DIR/
+  export SLIME_DIR=$BASE_DIR/slime
+  cd $SLIME_DIR
   pip install -e .
 fi
 
@@ -80,4 +81,4 @@ pip install "numpy<2"
 cd $BASE_DIR/sglang
 git apply $SLIME_DIR/docker/patch/v0.5.9/sglang.patch
 cd $BASE_DIR/Megatron-LM
-git apply $SLIME_DIR/docker/patch/v0.5.9/megatron.patch
\ No newline at end of file
+git apply $SLIME_DIR/docker/patch/v0.5.9/megatron.patch