diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b3a656e9a63..23263b6e8fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ frontend-legacy-dev:
 
 # Install the shared contract generation tools
 frontend-api-install:
-	pnpm -C invokeai/frontend/api install --frozen-lockfile
+	cd invokeai/frontend/api && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
 # Generate the OpenAPI Schema for the app
 frontend-openapi:
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ frontend-typegen:
 	set -o pipefail; cd invokeai/frontend/api && python ../../../scripts/generate_openapi_schema.py | pnpm typegen
 
 frontend-lint:
-	pnpm -C invokeai/frontend/webv2 lint
+	cd invokeai/frontend/webv2 && pnpm lint
 
 # Tag the release
 wheel:
diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/development/Front End/index.md b/docs/src/content/docs/development/Front End/index.md
index 7399579dcf6..b6a43254437 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/development/Front End/index.md	
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/development/Front End/index.md	
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ If you make backend changes, it's important to regenerate the frontend types:
 
 ```sh
 set -o pipefail
-pnpm -C invokeai/frontend/api install --frozen-lockfile
-cd invokeai/frontend/api && python ../../../scripts/generate_openapi_schema.py | pnpm typegen
+cd invokeai/frontend/api
+pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+python ../../../scripts/generate_openapi_schema.py | pnpm typegen
 ```
 
 On macOS and Linux, you can run `make frontend-typegen` as a shortcut for the above snippet.