diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b3e6814..9ebee0f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -148,3 +148,4 @@ dmypy.json
 # inkycal tests
 /inkycal/tests/tmp/
 !/inkycal/tests/*.py
+/docsource/._build/
diff --git a/docsource/Makefile b/docsource/Makefile
index 88d58fd0..e3816857 100644
--- a/docsource/Makefile
+++ b/docsource/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 SPHINXOPTS    ?=
 SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
 SOURCEDIR     = .
-BUILDDIR      = ../docs
+BUILDDIR      = ._build
 
 # Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
+github:
+	@make html
+	@cp -a ._build/html/. ../docs
+
 .PHONY: help Makefile
 
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new