diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c09f7427e..fc706141c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ jobs:
         environment:
           CC_TEST_REPORTER_ID: 3597ab16382afb6495a5f38a3a11efd30cbe10084edfa4f1c512e9b77267de3b
 
+    branches:
+      ignore:
+        - gh-pages
+
     working_directory: ~/repo
 
     steps:
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index de892a97d..7f4d3a7f4 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ cp example/*.css example/dist
 cp -R example/fonts example/dist
 cp -R example/img example/dist
 cp -R example/swagger-files example/dist
+
+# Need to copy over the circleci config so that
+# it picks up we want to ignore the gh-pages branch
+cp -R .circleci example/dist