diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_book.yml b/.github/workflows/update_book.yml
index c9ff635f..b42d8a3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_book.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_book.yml
@@ -20,22 +20,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: 'gh-pages'
 
-      - name: Copy contents of dev/ to home folder
+      - name: Clean the site contents except for dev, pull contents of dev/ to main site
         run: |
-          yes | cp -rf dev ${{ runner.home }}
-
-      # Push update website to dev/ and clean out old commits
-      - name: Update website to contents of dev, remove all old commits and subpages
+          # delete everything except the dev and .git folders
+          find . -maxdepth 1 ! -name ".git" ! -name "dev" ! -name "." | xargs rm -rf
+          # copy the contents of dev into the root
+          cp -rf dev/* .
+          
+      # Push updated website, clean out old commits
+      - name: Update website
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3.8.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_dir: dev/
-          force_orphan: true # this will clean up all previous PR previews / main branch preview
-          cname: datasciencebook.ca
-
-      - name: copy dev/ website back in
-        run: |
-          yes | cp -rf ${{ runner.home }}/dev dev
-
-      - name: push the result to gh-pages
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+          publish_dir: ./
+          force_orphan: true 
+          cname: python.datasciencebook.ca
diff --git a/source/index.md b/source/index.md
index 71d910ac..3a4ef04e 100755
--- a/source/index.md
+++ b/source/index.md
@@ -48,3 +48,5 @@ This work by [Tiffany Timbers](https://www.tiffanytimbers.com/),
 and [Lindsey Heagy](https://lindseyjh.ca/)
 is licensed under
 a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
+
+