diff --git a/.github/workflows/manuscript.yaml b/.github/workflows/manuscript.yaml
index f0b2f8ceb..7c45d9d1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manuscript.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manuscript.yaml
@@ -34,26 +34,31 @@ jobs:
         uses: iterative/setup-dvc@68c55926a8ce27c2d4fcf7db61149ee64cf4eeb9 # v1
         with:
           version: "3.53.2"
-      - name: Set up Quarto
-        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@c1b50d36cf3c22b3dc7e530bd1b36634e824e545 # v2
-        with:
-          tinytex: true
-      - name: Setup tmate debug session
-        if: ${{ inputs.debug_enabled == 'true' }}
-        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@a283f9441d2d96eb62436dc46d7014f5d357ac22 # v3
-      - name: Render
+      - name: Download figures
         run: |
-          make -C reproducibility/manuscript render
+          make -C reproducibility/manuscript figures-download
       - name: Compute diff
         # if: ${{ inputs.diff_enabled == 'true' }}
-        continue-on-error: true
+        continue-on-error: false
         uses: xu-cheng/texlive-action@3586544d56723b23ab69aec1e9d73e7220d9c313 # v2
         with:
           scheme: full
           run: |
             apk add make
+            git config --global --add safe.directory "${{ github.workspace }}/**"
             git config --global --add safe.directory "${{ github.workspace }}"
+            git config --global --add safe.directory "${{ github.workspace }}/.git"
             make -C reproducibility/manuscript latexdiff
+      - name: Set up Quarto
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@c1b50d36cf3c22b3dc7e530bd1b36634e824e545 # v2
+        with:
+          tinytex: true
+      - name: Setup tmate debug session
+        if: ${{ inputs.debug_enabled == 'true' }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@a283f9441d2d96eb62436dc46d7014f5d357ac22 # v3
+      - name: Render
+        run: |
+          make -C reproducibility/manuscript render
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b2256b8c012f0828dc542b3febcab082c67f72b # v4
         with: