diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index 68b4f0229..99aa42abc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm install -g postcss-cli --save-dev
       - run: npm install --verbose
 
+      - run: mkdir ./public
+
       - name: Build
         env:
 #          HUGO_ENVIRONMENT: staging
diff --git a/config/_default/hugo.yaml b/config/_default/hugo.yaml
index 70db05def..f3a589831 100644
--- a/config/_default/hugo.yaml
+++ b/config/_default/hugo.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ enableRobotsTXT: false
 # assetDir:  Location where Hugo looks for assets
 assetDir: static
 
-publishDir:  "public"
-
 # Enable .GitInfo object for each page.  This will give values to .Lastmod etc.
 enableGitInfo: false