diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 8c14c6c15..26e031d98 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ jobs:
       conda config --add channels conda-forge --force
       conda config --set auto_update_conda false
       conda install --yes ninja
-      mkdir build & cd build
+      
+  - script: |
+      mkdir build
+      cd build
       cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-cl -DMSVC_STATIC_CRT=ON ..
       cmake --build .
 
@@ -115,7 +118,8 @@ jobs:
       conda config --add channels conda-forge --force
       conda config --set auto_update_conda false
       conda install --yes --quiet ninja flang
-      mkdir build & cd build
+      mkdir build
+      cd build
       cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-cl -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=flang -DMSVC_STATIC_CRT=ON ..
       cmake --build .