diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-mkdocs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-mkdocs.yml
index 3d75e2fb..c970e4b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-mkdocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-mkdocs.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
       - run: pip install mkdocs-material  # including mkdocs
-      - run: mkdocs gh-deploy
+      - run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04cd5614..d6fa379a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@
 
 __debug_bin
 .vscode/
-__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
+__pycache__
+.DS_Store
+
+site/
+output/