diff --git a/.github/workflows/people-thumbs.yml b/.github/workflows/people-thumbs.yml
index dca014a..91fe1de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/people-thumbs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/people-thumbs.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install cwebp
         shell: bash
-        run:  npm install cwebp
+        run: |
+          pwd
+          sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev libgif-dev
+          wget https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-1.2.4-linux-x86-64.tar.gz
+          tar xzvf libwebp-1.2.4-linux-x86-64.tar.gz
+          cd libwebp-1.2.4-linux-x86-64/bin
+          mv cwebp ${{ github.workspace }}
+          cd ../..
+          rm -rf libwebp-1.2.4-linux-x86-64
+          rm -rf libwebp-1.2.4-linux-x86-64.tar.gz
+          sudo mv cwebp /bin
+          ls
         
       - name: Run image optimisation script
         run: make img-opt