diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index e4f6037c2..f01266579 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -52,11 +52,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Render Quarto Project
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/render@v2 # update
+        #with:
+        #  to: html # can specify a particular output format
 
       - name: Render and Publish
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2 # update
         with:
           target: gh-pages
+          render: false # renders in previous step, so don't render again
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}