diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 171ebfe03b7b63d188143d2c725c2df0083392a6..681f8cbd294f69bbfbda3edbfdb1e2a4a84d0eb9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ before_script:
   - curl -sSL https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/releases/download/v0.4.40/mdbook-v0.4.40-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar -xz --directory=$HOME/.cargo/bin
   - curl -L https://github.com/Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-linkcheck/releases/download/v0.7.7/mdbook-linkcheck.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip -o mdbook-linkcheck.zip
   - unzip mdbook-linkcheck.zip -d $HOME/.cargo/bin && chmod +x $HOME/.cargo/bin/mdbook-linkcheck
-  - curl -sSL https://github.com/ferrous-systems/mdslides/releases/download/v0.4.0/mdslides-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz | tar -xJ --directory=$HOME/.cargo/bin/
+  - curl -sSL https://github.com/ferrous-systems/mdslides/releases/download/v0.4.0/mdslides-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz | tar -xJ --directory=$HOME/.cargo/bin/ --strip-components 1
   - rustup component add rustfmt
   - rustup component add clippy
   - curl -L https://github.com/HollowMan6/mdbook-pdf/releases/download/v0.1.10/mdbook-pdf-v0.1.10-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -o $HOME/.cargo/bin/mdbook-pdf