diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 5ffb8766f..2f3674566 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ for i in $EXAMPLES; do
 
   echo "building ${EXAMPLE_NAME}..."
   yarn
+  rm -rf dist .cache
   yarn build
-  gsutil mkdir -p gs://tfjs-examples/$EXAMPLE_NAME
-  gsutil mkdir -p gs://tfjs-examples/$EXAMPLE_NAME/dist
-  gsutil -m cp dist/* gs://tfjs-examples/$EXAMPLE_NAME/dist
+  # Remove the example directory.
+  gsutil -m rm -r gs://tfjs-examples/$EXAMPLE_NAME
+  # Gzip and copy all the dist files. The trailing slash is important.
+  gsutil -m cp -Z -r dist gs://tfjs-examples/$EXAMPLE_NAME/
   cd ..
 done
-
-gsutil -m setmeta -h "Cache-Control:private" "gs://tfjs-examples/**.html"
-gsutil -m setmeta -h "Cache-Control:private" "gs://tfjs-examples/**.css"
-gsutil -m setmeta -h "Cache-Control:private" "gs://tfjs-examples/**.js"