diff --git a/.github/workflows/API-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/API-tests.yml
index 4207802..3b5d3bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/API-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/API-tests.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: Server API tests
 
+# Gates the Server API tests check on every push/PR to main.
+# The Express backend lives at the repo root (moved out of server/ during
+# the backend-focused restructure) - run these steps from repo root, not
+# a server/ subdirectory.
+
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
@@ -22,18 +27,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
 
-      - name: Cache server node modules
+      - name: Cache node modules
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
-          path: server/node_modules
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-server-${{ hashFiles('server/package-lock.json') }}
+          path: node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-server-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-server-
 
-      - name: Install server dependencies
-        working-directory: ./server
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
       - name: Run server tests
-        working-directory: ./server
         run: npm test