diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 643ba0f..9666ec4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Candace Savonen Dec 2021
-# Updated April 2023
+# Updated Aug 2024
 name: Pull Request
 
 on:
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
 
         # Use the yaml-env-action action.
       - name: Load environment from YAML
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Delete the branch if this has been run before
       - name: Delete branch locally and remotely
-        run: git push origin --delete preview-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} || echo "No branch to delete"
+        run: git push --force origin --delete preview-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} || echo "No branch to delete"
 
       # Make the branch fresh
       - name: Make the branch fresh
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           branch_name='preview-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}'
           echo branch doesnt exist
           git checkout -b $branch_name || echo branch exists
-          git push --set-upstream origin $branch_name
+          git push --force --set-upstream origin $branch_name
         shell: bash
 
     outputs:
@@ -115,12 +116,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Website preview for download
         run: zip website-preview.zip docs/* -r
 
-      # Commit the rendered website files
-      - name: Commit rendered website files to preview branch
+      # Commit the website files
+      - name: Commit rendered website files
         id: commit
         run: |
           branch_name='preview-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}'
-          git diff origin/main -- '*.html' >/dev/null && changes=true || changes=false
+          git diff origin/main -- docs >/dev/null && changes=true || changes=false
           echo "changes=$changes" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           git add . --force
           git commit -m 'Render preview' || echo "No changes to commit"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/render-site.yml b/.github/workflows/render-site.yml
index cf214ec..d5d6415 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render-site.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render-site.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: ${{needs.yaml-check.outputs.rendering_docker_image}}
-    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
-    steps:
+      
+    steps:    
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4