diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 38af1e6a833b3777b458f31b9153d2ca0c4e70c3..0d66cd2f9149c80c59548bb14d7c11f54b53a60e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pages:
   stage: deploy
   image: rocker/tidyverse
   script:
+    - git clean -f
     - quarto -v
     - |
       apt update && apt install -y libxt6 cargo
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ pages:
     - quarto render
     - |
       # manage mpg.csv file by hand because it is strangely missing
-      cp mpg.csv public/session2/mpg.csv
+      # cp mpg.csv public/session2/mpg.csv
+      ls -R .
   interruptible: true
   artifacts:
     paths: