diff --git a/.github/workflows/hugo.yml b/.github/workflows/hugo.yml
index 6874b29..2a672f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hugo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hugo.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# Sample workflow for building and deploying a Hugo site to GitHub Pages
+# Build the Hugo site and publish it to the `gh-pages` branch, which is the
+# configured GitHub Pages source for this repository.
 name: Deploy Hugo site to Pages
 
 on:
@@ -6,14 +7,15 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: ["main"]
 
+  # Build-only validation on pull requests (no deploy)
+  pull_request:
+
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
+# The GITHUB_TOKEN needs write access to push the built site to `gh-pages`
 permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pages: write
-  id-token: write
+  contents: write
 
 # Allow one concurrent deployment
 concurrency:
@@ -26,7 +28,6 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 jobs:
-  # Build job
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
@@ -36,15 +37,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           wget -O ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo.deb https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v${HUGO_VERSION}/hugo_extended_${HUGO_VERSION}_linux-amd64.deb \
           && sudo dpkg -i ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo.deb
-      - name: Install Dart Sass Embedded
-        run: sudo snap install dart-sass-embedded
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Setup Pages
-        id: pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v3
       - name: Install Node.js dependencies
         run: "[[ -f package-lock.json || -f npm-shrinkwrap.json ]] && npm ci || true"
       - name: Build with Hugo
@@ -54,21 +50,18 @@ jobs:
           HUGO_ENV: production
         run: |
           hugo \
+            --gc \
             --minify \
-            --baseURL "${{ steps.pages.outputs.base_url }}/"
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
-        with:
-          path: ./public
-
-  # Deployment job
-  deploy:
-    environment:
-      name: github-pages
-      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
-    steps:
-      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-        id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v1
+            --baseURL "https://animeeffectsdevs.github.io/"
+      - name: Publish to gh-pages
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          cd public
+          git init --initial-branch=gh-pages
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add -A
+          git commit --message "Deploy ${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}"
+          git push --force "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" gh-pages
diff --git a/assets/js/custom.js b/assets/js/custom.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b0609f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/js/custom.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// The theme's bundled updateDate() has a long-standing bug: it assigns
+// `year.innerHTML` (the number) instead of `yearEl.innerHTML`, so the footer
+// copyright year is never refreshed client-side. This overrides the theme's
+// `assets/js/custom.js`, which is concatenated last into js/bundle.js.
+//
+// Keep the copyright year current even when the site was built in an earlier
+// year (stale cache, missed deploys).
+(function updateCopyrightYear() {
+  var yearEl = document.querySelector('footer .year');
+  if (yearEl) {
+    yearEl.textContent = String(new Date().getFullYear());
+  }
+})();
diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index a898ca8..b6d0a32 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ centerLogo = true
 # optional
 # attribution. Feel free to delete this
 [author]
-  name = "AnimeEffectDevs"
+  name = "AnimeEffectsDevs"
   url = "https://github.com/AnimeEffectsDevs?type=source"