diff --git a/.github/workflows/klipper3d-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/klipper3d-deploy.yaml
index 7bdcbe7a3a1a..3e39dd881c5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/klipper3d-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/klipper3d-deploy.yaml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install -r docs/_klipper3d/mkdocs-requirements.txt
       - name: Build and deploy klipper3d
         run: |
-          mkdocs gh-deploy --force --remote-branch gh-pages --verbose
+          mkdocs gh-deploy --config-file docs/_klipper3d/mkdocs.yml --remote-branch gh-pages --force --verbose
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/docs/_klipper3d/mkdocs.yml
similarity index 98%
rename from mkdocs.yml
rename to docs/_klipper3d/mkdocs.yml
index 3be9b33a1710..70c3e8530627 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/docs/_klipper3d/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+docs_dir: '../'
+site_dir: '../../site/'
 site_name: Klipper documentation
 theme:
   name: material