diff --git a/.github/workflows/render.yml b/.github/workflows/render.yml
index 795b85c3..b90f75c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   render-website:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -40,14 +40,10 @@ jobs:
               local::rpackage
               github::stan-dev/cmdstanr
 
-      # _site.yml file configured to render website to the _site folder,
-      # which is the expected location for the Quarto publish step
       - name: Render Main Rmarkdown Website
         run: rmarkdown::render_site()
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
-      # Assignments _quarto.yml file configured to render website to the
-      # _site/assignments folder
       - name: Render Assignments Quarto Sub-website
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/render@v2
         with:
@@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: GitHub Pages action
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3.6.1
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTION}}
           publish_branch: gh-pages
           keep_files: true
-          publish_dir: _site
+          publish_dir: .
diff --git a/_site.yml b/_site.yml
index f5319ace..66c2f69e 100644
--- a/_site.yml
+++ b/_site.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "Bayesian Data Analysis course"
-output_dir: "_site"
+output_dir: "."
 navbar:
   title: "Bayesian Data Analysis course"
   left:
diff --git a/assignments/_quarto.yml b/assignments/_quarto.yml
index 913ad03c..fc93fd35 100644
--- a/assignments/_quarto.yml
+++ b/assignments/_quarto.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project:
   title: "Bayesian Data Analysis"
   type: website
-  output-dir: ../_site/assignments
+  output-dir: "."
 website:
   page-navigation: true
   # back-to-top-navigation: true