diff --git a/bin/update_github.sh b/bin/update_github.sh
index 74c7229871d..fdca908caa0 100755
--- a/bin/update_github.sh
+++ b/bin/update_github.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ git add --all && git commit -m "Updated website" && git push
 
 ## Deploy the website to gh-pages
 cp -r docs ../docs
-git checkout --orphan -b  gh-pages
+git checkout --orphan gh-pages
 rm -f -r *
 cp -r ../docs/. .
 git add --all
 git commit -m "deploy site"
 git push -f origin gh-pages:gh-pages
+git checkout master
 git branch -D gh-pages
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