diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0eef0ed..9b727cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -37,20 +37,20 @@ jobs:
         run: echo ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-#      - name: Create gh-pages branch if it doesn't exist
-#        run: |
-#          git fetch origin
-#          exists=`git show-ref refs/heads/gh-pages`
-#          if [ -n "$exists" ]; then
-#            echo 'gh-pages branch exists';
-#          else
-#            echo 'gh-pages branch does not exist, creating it';
-#            git checkout --orphan gh-pages
-#            git reset --hard
-#            git commit --allow-empty -m "Initializing gh-pages branch"
-#            git push origin gh-pages
-#            git checkout ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
-#          fi
+      - name: Create gh-pages branch if it doesn't exist
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin
+          exists=$(git ls-remote --heads origin gh-pages | wc -l)
+          if [ "$exists" -eq "0" ]; then
+            echo 'gh-pages branch does not exist, creating it'
+            git checkout --orphan gh-pages
+            git rm -rf . # Remove all files and directories from the orphaned branch
+            git commit --allow-empty -m "Initializing empty gh-pages branch"
+            git push origin gh-pages
+          else
+            echo 'gh-pages branch exists'
+          fi
+
       - name: Update the image to the latest publisher
         uses: docker://hl7fhir/ig-publisher-base:latest
         with: