diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
index ef9100909..4062bde89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ jobs:
     - run: |
         git fetch --no-tags --prune --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
         git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+    - name: Setup java
+      uses: joschi/setup-jdk@v2
+      with:
+        java-version: 8
+        architecture: x64
     - name: Build documentation  
       run: |
         sudo snap install yq
diff --git a/docs/build-javascaladocs.sh b/docs/build-javascaladocs.sh
index 6a58bcc48..91c8dd390 100755
--- a/docs/build-javascaladocs.sh
+++ b/docs/build-javascaladocs.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ else
     ls -al "./target/cloudflow/core/target/scala-2.12" && \
     echo ${DIRECTORY} && \
     mkdir -p "./target/staging/docs/${DIRECTORY}/api" && \
+    rm -rf "./target/staging/docs/${DIRECTORY}/api/scaladoc" && \
+    rm -rf "./target/staging/docs/${DIRECTORY}/api/javadoc" && \
     mv "./target/cloudflow/core/target/scala-2.12/unidoc" "./target/staging/docs/${DIRECTORY}/api/scaladoc" && \
     mv "./target/cloudflow/core/target/javaunidoc" "./target/staging/docs/${DIRECTORY}/api/javadoc")
 fi