diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yaml b/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
index ea11b29..fd99ce3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
         with:
           source-dir: .vitepress/dist
+          token: ${{ secrets.PM_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
 
       # deploy the build to GitHub Pages
       - uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@6c2d9db40f9296374acc17b90404b6e8864128c8 # v4
diff --git a/.vitepress/config.mts b/.vitepress/config.mts
index e7ba318..c743fd0 100644
--- a/.vitepress/config.mts
+++ b/.vitepress/config.mts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default withMermaid({
     ['link', { rel: 'icon', href: '/favicon.ico' }]
   ],
 
-  base: process.env.PAGES_BASE ? '/' + process.env.PAGES_BASE : '/',
+  base: process.env.PAGES_BASE ? '/' + process.env.PAGES_BASE : '',
 
   description: "Platform Mesh - Building upon the Kubernetes API & Resource Model",