diff --git a/_site.yml b/_site.yml
index 450bd7d..8436b26 100644
--- a/_site.yml
+++ b/_site.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ navbar:
     - icon: fab fa-github
       href: https://github.com/wx-zhu/LinearThreshold_project
 output: distill::distill_article
+output_dir: "docs"  # docs directory of master or main branch
 css: theme.css