diff --git a/helpers/deploy_with_preview.jl b/helpers/deploy_with_preview.jl
index 368d7f5..3e3ff2b 100644
--- a/helpers/deploy_with_preview.jl
+++ b/helpers/deploy_with_preview.jl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ end
 
 # Here we know that the site builds to `docs/`, 
 # but you could customize this directory in the future.
-target_dir = "docs" # builddir
+target_dir = abspath("./docs") # builddir
 upstream = "https://github.com/geocompx/geocompjl.git"
 branch = "gh-pages"