diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index 6e2d0169..5cad4a9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       group: pkgdown-${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.run_id }}
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      DELPHI_EPIDATA_KEY: ${{ secrets.DELPHI_GITHUB_ACTIONS_EPIDATA_API_KEY }}
+      DELPHI_EPIDATA_KEY: ${{ secrets.SECRET_EPIDATR_GHACTIONS_DELPHI_EPIDATA_KEY }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -35,19 +35,21 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
-          extra-packages: any::pkgdown, local::.
+          extra-packages: any::pkgdown, local::., any::cli
           needs: website
 
       - name: Build site
-        env:
-          DELPHI_EPIDATA_KEY: ${{ secrets.SECRET_EPIDATR_GHACTIONS_DELPHI_EPIDATA_KEY }}
         run: |
           if (startsWith("${{ github.event_name }}", "pull_request")) {
-              mode <- ifelse("${{ github.base_ref }}" == "main", "release", "devel")
+              mode_ref <- ifelse("${{ github.base_ref }}" == "main", "release", "devel")
           } else {
-              mode <- ifelse("${{ github.ref_name }}" == "main", "release", "devel")
+              mode_ref <- ifelse("${{ github.ref_name }}" == "main", "release", "devel")
           }
-          pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE, override=list(PKGDOWN_DEV_MODE=mode))
+          pkg <- pkgdown::as_pkgdown(".", override = list(destination = ifelse(mode_ref == "release", "docs", "docs/dev"), PKGDOWN_DEV_MODE = mode_ref))
+          cli::cli_rule("Cleaning files from old site...")
+          pkgdown::clean_site(pkg)
+          pkgdown::build_site(pkg, preview = FALSE, install = FALSE, new_process = FALSE)
+          pkgdown:::build_github_pages(pkg)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages 🚀
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 5f7ab3d3..15356734 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -70,5 +70,10 @@ get_wildcard_equivalent_dates <- function(time_value, time_type = c("day", "week
 #' inserts each string as a bullet at the end of the "Prepare for release" section
 #' @keywords internal
 release_bullets <- function() {
-  c("merge to main")
+  c(
+    "merge to main",
+    "don't use_version('patch') in the next section",
+    "`use_version('patch')` is redundant because we do this in PRs",
+    "`use_dev_version` is also redundant."
+  )
 }
diff --git a/_pkgdown.yml b/_pkgdown.yml
index f923ad58..1d71aea0 100644
--- a/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Colors should stay consistent across epipredict & epidatr, using Carnegie
 # Red https://www.cmu.edu/brand/brand-guidelines/visual-identity/colors.html
+development:
+  mode: devel
 template:
   bootstrap: 5
   bootswatch: cosmo