diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yml
index a49eb54eb..6b607838b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,21 @@ jobs:
             "${{ inputs.sha }}"
             "${{ inputs.event_number }}"
 
+    # get the Dockerfile and nginx conf
+    - name: Sparse checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+      with:
+        repository: "grafana/writers-toolkit"
+        ref: "robbymilo/deploy-preview"
+        sparse-checkout: |
+          deploy-preview
+
+    - name: test
+      run: |
+        ls -al
+        ls -al deploy-preview
+
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@c47758b77c9736f4b2ef4073d4d51994fabfe349 # v3.7.1
         with: