diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 047b23ec..b4863081 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create the DB
         run: |
-          cd iop4site
-          python manage.py makemigrations
-          python manage.py makemigrations iop4api
-          python manage.py migrate --no-input
+          python iop4site/manage.py makemigrations
+          python iop4site/manage.py makemigrations iop4api
+          python iop4site/manage.py migrate --no-input
+          python iop4site/manage.py loaddata $HOME/.iop4data/testcatalog.yaml
           ls -lh $HOME/.iop4data/
 
       - name: Run iop4 on the test data
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 3360563c..9e3cf6a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create the DB
         run: |
-          cd iop4site
-          python manage.py makemigrations
-          python manage.py makemigrations iop4api
-          python manage.py migrate --no-input
+          python iop4site/manage.py makemigrations
+          python iop4site/manage.py makemigrations iop4api
+          python iop4site/manage.py migrate --no-input
+          python iop4site/manage.py loaddata $HOME/.iop4data/testcatalog.yaml
           ls -lh $HOME/.iop4data/
 
       - name: Run iop4 on the test data
diff --git a/docs/recipes/02_database_queries.py b/docs/recipes/02_database_queries.py
index 1e26e48b..4a33331f 100644
--- a/docs/recipes/02_database_queries.py
+++ b/docs/recipes/02_database_queries.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # %% [markdown]
 # Configure IOP4 and logging (see examples)
 # %%
+# %autoawait off
+# %matplotlib inline
 # %run 01_notebook_configuration.py
 
 # %% [markdown]
diff --git a/docs/recipes/03_manual_reduction.py b/docs/recipes/03_manual_reduction.py
index e29815bc..28072230 100644
--- a/docs/recipes/03_manual_reduction.py
+++ b/docs/recipes/03_manual_reduction.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # what `iop4.py` does when launched from the command line.
 
 # %%
+# %autoawait off
+# %matplotlib inline
 # %run 01_notebook_configuration.py
 
 # %% [markdown]
diff --git a/docs/recipes/04_details_on_astrometric_calibration.py b/docs/recipes/04_details_on_astrometric_calibration.py
index 21f76367..b39abed8 100644
--- a/docs/recipes/04_details_on_astrometric_calibration.py
+++ b/docs/recipes/04_details_on_astrometric_calibration.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # # Details on astrometric calibration
 
 # %%
+# %autoawait off
+# %matplotlib inline
 # %run 01_notebook_configuration.py
 
 # %% [markdown]
diff --git a/docs/recipes/05_quad_matching_dipol_polarimetry_images.py b/docs/recipes/05_quad_matching_dipol_polarimetry_images.py
index 9d817724..74de7576 100644
--- a/docs/recipes/05_quad_matching_dipol_polarimetry_images.py
+++ b/docs/recipes/05_quad_matching_dipol_polarimetry_images.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # # Quad matching in DIPOL polarimetry images
 
 # %%
+# %autoawait off
+# %matplotlib inline
 # %run 01_notebook_configuration.py
 
 # To reduce disk usage, only a central cut of of the full field of the DIPOL 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fd119e51..25ee2b00 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ doc = [
     "nbstripout",
     "jupytext",
     "ipykernel",
-    "sphinx-gallery",
+    "sphinx-gallery<=0.7.0",
     "myst-nb",
 ]
 dev = [