diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 534a2c0e..190e8e42 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ nvm use 18 && npm run deploy
 
 Production Brief discovery (`/.well-known/brief.json` on `cmutt.app`) is **generated at deploy time** — never a committed production JSON file. `deploy.js` runs `scripts/generate-brief-config.js` before `vue-cli-service build`, then publishes `dist/` to `gh-pages`. CI `npm run build` also regenerates via `prebuild`, but **live Pages only updates when you run `npm run deploy`**.
 
+Publish uses `gh-pages -d dist --dotfiles` so `.well-known` is not skipped, and `public/.nojekyll` lands in `dist/` so GitHub Pages/Jekyll does not strip dot-directories.
+
 **Production cmutt (preferred SSOT):** copy brochure config from the live API so humans only edit server env (e.g. mvtt-server `.env.cmu-tt`). In the deploy `.env` / `.env.local`:
 
 ```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b37875a..de42f09d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "copy-win": "copy /Y dist\\index.html dist\\404.html",
     "copy-nix": "cp dist/index.html dist/404.html",
     "echo-message": "echo 'Copied index.html to 404.html'",
-    "publish": "gh-pages -d dist"
+    "publish": "gh-pages -d dist --dotfiles"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@lottiefiles/vue-lottie-player": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/public/.nojekyll b/public/.nojekyll
new file mode 100644
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