diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 44452ec..baa4e48 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -1,61 +1,43 @@
-name: Build Notes Site
+name: Build and Push Static files
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches:
+      - main  # Trigger on pushes to your default branch
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: node:20-bookworm  # Node for checkout
-
     steps:
-      # 1️⃣ Checkout repository
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      # 2️⃣ Install Python for MkDocs build
-      - name: Install Python
+      - name: Build Docker Image
+        run: docker build -t mkdocs-builder -f ci/mkdocs/Dockerfile .
+
+      - name: Build Static Site
         run: |
-          apt-get update
-          apt-get install -y python3 python3-venv python3-pip
+          docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/docs mkdocs-builder build
 
-      # 3️⃣ List repo files (debug)
-      - name: List repo files
-        run: ls -R "${{ github.workspace }}"
-
-      # 4️⃣ Build MkDocs site locally
-      - name: Build MkDocs site
+      - name: Deploy to Branch
         run: |
-          python3 -m venv .venv
-          .venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
-          .venv/bin/pip install -r ci/mkdocs/requirements.txt
-          .venv/bin/mkdocs build --clean --site-dir site_output
-
-      # 5️⃣ Install Docker CLI so we can copy to volume
-      - name: Install Docker CLI
-        run: |
-          apt-get update
-          apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
-          install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
-          curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
-          chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
-          echo \
-            "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] \
-            https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | \
-            tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
-          apt-get update
-          apt-get install -y docker-ce-cli
-
-      # 6️⃣ Copy the site output into notes_public Docker volume
-      - name: Copy site to notes_public volume
-        run: |
-          docker run --rm \
-            -v notes_public:/public \
-            -v "${{ github.workspace }}/site_output:/tmp/site" \
-            alpine sh -c "cp -r /tmp/site/* /public/"
-
-      # 7️⃣ Optional: Verify files in volume
-      - name: List notes_public volume
-        run: |
-          docker run --rm -v notes_public:/data alpine ls -la /data
+          # Configure Git
+          git config user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "actions@noreply.gitea.io"
+          
+          # Move site files to a temporary location
+          cp -r site /tmp/site_build
+          
+          # Switch to/create the deployment branch
+          git checkout --orphan docs-static
+          git rm -rf .
+          
+          # Move files back and commit
+          cp -r /tmp/site_build/. .
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "Automated MkDocs build: ${GITEA_SHA}"
+          
+          # Push back to Gitea (Requires write permissions)
+          git push origin docs-static --force
diff --git a/ci/mkdocs/Dockerfile b/ci/mkdocs/Dockerfile
index 72644e2..d086458 100644
--- a/ci/mkdocs/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/mkdocs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 FROM python:3.13-slim
 
-WORKDIR /work
+WORKDIR /docs
 
-COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
+    mkdocs \
+    mkdocs-material \
+    mkdocs-minify-plugin
 
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+ENTRYPOINT ["mkdocs"]