diff --git a/build-doc.sh b/build-doc.sh
index 4106f2b74edbf251661f3148ef001a43453a4045..d268361d72047b78b53d6409b6992e4c38014c74 100755
--- a/build-doc.sh
+++ b/build-doc.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 mkdir -p jams
 cd userguide || exit
+cd src/mkpdfs-mkdocs-plugin || ( echo 'Cannot cd to src/mkpdfs-mkdocs-plugin' && exit )
+git pull || ( echo 'Error on git pull' && exit )
+pip install npm || ( echo 'Error installing npm pip module' && exit )
+python design.py || ( echo 'Error exexuting design.py ' && exit )
+cd ../.. || ( echo 'Error changing directory to userguide ' && exit )
 /var/lib/jenkins/.local/bin/mkdocs build || exit 0
 cp site/pdf/combined.pdf ../jams/userguide.pdf
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