diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e7254435ecd7a860363561083d56c91f5c6d73f..431f4721fe56d7fb3c5c03a1eb8e61419d32320c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pages:
   script:
     - Rscript requirements.R
     - quarto render ./
-    - mv _site/* public/   # gitlab pages should be stored in 'public' directory
+    - mv _site public    # gitlab pages should be stored in 'public' directory
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - public