diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index fdd051b7..50fc7d0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make install
 
       - name: Build MkDocs site
-        run: poetry run mkdocs build
+        run: poetry run mkdocs build --verbose
 
       - name: Deploy to Next.js repo
         env:
@@ -34,10 +34,16 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name 'GitHub Action'
           git config --global user.email 'action@github.com'
           git clone https://x-access-token:${NEXT_REPO_TOKEN}@github.com/shreyashankar/docetl-website.git next-repo
+          echo "Removing existing docs directory..."
           rm -rf next-repo/public/docs
+          echo "Creating new docs directory..."
           mkdir -p next-repo/public/docs
-          cp -r site/* next-repo/public/docs/
+          echo "Copying MkDocs site to Next.js repo..."
+          cp -rv site/* next-repo/public/docs/
           cd next-repo
+          echo "Contents of public/docs directory:"
+          ls -R public/docs
           git add .
+          git status
           git commit -m "Update docs" || echo "No changes to commit"
           git push
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 270be339..62e6949c 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 site_name: docetl docs
 site_url: https://docetl.com/docs/
+use_directory_urls: false
 repo_url: https://github.com/shreyashankar/docetl
 repo_name: shreyashankar/docetl
 remote_branch: gh-pages