diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d84e0239bc3c..777356358d9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BING_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BING_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Add sitemap.xml to root directory
-        run: mv build/html/en/sitemap.xml build/html
-
       - name: Deploy documentation sphinx
         uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.4.1
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 9e50d513b73b..2af411c391f1 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 """
 
 
-def build_docs(language: str) -> None:
+def build_docs(language: str, isroot: bool) -> None:
     """
     Build the documentation for a single language.
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def build_docs(language: str) -> None:
             "-b",
             "dirhtml",
             str(srcdir),
-            str(outdir / language),
+            str(outdir) if isroot else str(outdir / language),
             f"-Dlanguage={language}",
         ],
         cwd=root,
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ def build_redirects(redirects: Dict[str, str], language: str) -> None:
     language : str
         The language to build the redirects for.
     """
-
-    for source, target in redirects.items():
-        source_path = outdir / source
-        redirect = template.format(target.format(language))
-        if not source_path.parent.exists():
-            source_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
-        with open(source_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
-            fp.write(redirect)
+    pass
+    # for source, target in redirects.items():
+    #     source_path = outdir / source
+    #     redirect = template.format(target.format(language))
+    #     if not source_path.parent.exists():
+    #         source_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    #     with open(source_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
+    #         fp.write(redirect)
 
 
 def build_all(redirects: Dict[str, str], languages: List[str]) -> None:
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def build_all(redirects: Dict[str, str], languages: List[str]) -> None:
     """
 
     for language in languages:
-        build_docs(language)
+        build_docs(language, language == languages[0])
 
     build_redirects(redirects, languages[0])
 
diff --git a/source/_templates/version-switcher.html b/source/_templates/version-switcher.html
index a47c356ab750..2f2d6c0e410e 100644
--- a/source/_templates/version-switcher.html
+++ b/source/_templates/version-switcher.html
@@ -48,62 +48,62 @@
       {
         name: "English",
         version: "en",
-        url: "../en/",
+        url: "",
       },
       {
         name: "bn",
         version: "bn",
-        url: "../bn/",
+        url: "bn/",
       },
       {
         name: "cs",
         version: "cs",
-        url: "../cs/",
+        url: "cs/",
       },
       {
         name: "Deutsch",
         version: "de",
-        url: "../de/",
+        url: "de/",
       },
       {
         name: "Español",
         version: "es",
-        url: "../es/",
+        url: "es/",
       },
       {
         name: "Français",
         version: "fr",
-        url: "../fr/",
+        url: "fr/",
       },
       {
         name: "ja",
         version: "ja",
-        url: "../ja/",
+        url: "ja/",
       },
       {
         name: "Nederlands",
         version: "nl",
-        url: "../nl/",
+        url: "nl/",
       },
       {
         name: "pl",
         version: "pl",
-        url: "../pl/",
+        url: "pl/",
       },
       {
         name: "Português",
         version: "pt",
-        url: "../pt/",
+        url: "pt/",
       },
       {
         name: "Русский",
         version: "ru",
-        url: "../ru/",
+        url: "ru/",
       },
       {
         name: "简体中文",
         version: "zh_CN",
-        url: "../zh_CN/",
+        url: "zh_CN/",
       },
     ];
     // console.log(data);
@@ -116,10 +116,13 @@
       const node = document.createElement("a");
       node.setAttribute("class", "list-group-item list-group-item-action py-1");
       node.textContent = `${entry.name}`;
+
+
       node.setAttribute(
         "href",
-        `${indexFilePath}${entry.url}${currentFilePath}`,
+        `https://fortran-lang.org/${entry.url}${currentFilePath}`,
       );
+
       // on click, AJAX calls will check if the linked page exists before
       // trying to redirect, and if not, will redirect to the homepage
       // for that version of the docs.