diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yaml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yaml
index 3c513235c..8f490f8a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yaml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo doc --no-deps
       - name: Deploy
         run: |
+          mkdir _site
           git clean -f docs
-          echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; url=firewood\">" > target/doc/index.html
-          echo "copying documentation to doc..."
-          cp -r target/doc ./docs
+          echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; url=firewood\">" > _site/index.html
+        run: cp -r target/doc/* ./_site
   deploy:
     needs: build
     permissions:
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v3
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          path: "."
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages
         id: deployment
         uses: actions/deploy-pages@v2