diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_docs.yml
index ee3326a..9398865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_docs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Deploy Sphinx documentation to Pages
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [github] # branch to trigger deployment
+    branches: [main] # branch to trigger deployment
 
 jobs:
   pages: