diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-example-hub.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-example-hub.yaml
index e3d8a97..738db4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-example-hub.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-example-hub.yaml
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout update_example_simple_forecast_hub branch, remove existing
       run: |
         git fetch --all
-        git branch update_example_simple_forecast_hub
-        git checkout update_example_simple_forecast_hub
-        git pull origin update_example_simple_forecast_hub
-        git rm -r inst/example-data/example-simple-forecast-hub/
+        git switch update_example_simple_forecast_hub || git switch -c update_example_simple_forecast_hub
+        git rm -r inst/example-data/example-simple-forecast-hub/ --ignore-unmatch
       working-directory: ./hubEnsembles
 
     - name: Checkout example-simple-forecast-hub