diff --git a/.github/workflows/quarto_publish_ghpages.yaml b/.github/workflows/quarto_publish_ghpages.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04a1316e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/quarto_publish_ghpages.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+name: Render and Publish
+
+# you need these permissions to publish to GitHub pages
+# permissions: 
+#     contents: write
+#     pages: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        
+      - name: Set up Quarto
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          # To install LaTeX to build PDF book 
+          tinytex: true 
+          # uncomment below and fill to pin a version
+          # version: SPECIFIC-QUARTO-VERSION-HERE
+      
+      # add software dependencies here and any libraries
+      
+      # From https://github.com/actions/setup-python
+      # - name: Setup Python
+      #   uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+
+      # From https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2-branch/setup-r
+      - name: Setup R
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+
+      # From https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia
+      # - name: Setup Julia
+      #   uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+
+      # See more at https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-actions/blob/main/examples/example-03-dependencies.md
+
+      # To publish to Netlify, RStudio Connect, or GitHub Pages, uncomment
+      # the appropriate block below
+      
+      # - name: Publish to Netlify (and render)
+      #   uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
+      #   with:
+      #     target: netlify
+      #     NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+        
+      # - name: Publish to RStudio Connect (and render)
+      #   uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
+      #   with:
+      #     target: connect
+      #     CONNECT_SERVER: enter-the-server-url-here
+      #     CONNECT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CONNECT_API_KEY }} 
+
+      # NOTE: If Publishing to GitHub Pages, set the permissions correctly (see top of this yaml)
+      - name: Publish to GitHub Pages (and render) 
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
+        with:
+          target: gh-pages
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # this secret is always available for github actions
+
+      # - name: Publish to confluence
+      #   uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
+      #   with:
+      #     target: confluence
+      #   env: 
+      #     CONFLUENCE_USER_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.CONFLUENCE_USER_EMAIL }}
+      #     CONFLUENCE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CONFLUENCE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+      #     CONFLUENCE_DOMAIN: ${{ secrets.CONFLUENCE_DOMAIN }}
+      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d2d7133..8668e6b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ index.toc
 index.tex
 index.pdf
 index.md
-index.synctex(busy)
\ No newline at end of file
+index.synctex(busy)
+**/*.quarto_ipynb
diff --git a/_quarto.yml b/_quarto.yml
index d52ff766..5429e92a 100644
--- a/_quarto.yml
+++ b/_quarto.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ book:
       This book was built with <a href="https://quarto.org/">Quarto</a>.
   cover-image: images/IMS2_front_cover.png
   favicon: images/openintro.png
-  site-url: https://openintro-ims2.netlify.app/
   repo-url: https://github.com/openintrostat/ims/
   repo-branch: main
   repo-actions: [edit, issue]