diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4701373..017fbbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Publish Markdown Files
 env:
   BLOG_REPO: matthewwong525/linked-blog-starter
-  PUBLISH_DIR: . # root directory
+  PUBLISH_DIR: publish
   MD_DIR: temp_md
   BLOG_DIR: temp_blog
 on:
diff --git a/publish/README.md b/publish/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27583fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# linked-blog-md
+Markdown files for the linked-blog-starter repository