diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-preview.yml
index eaddc70..a1282f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-preview.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: move redirects file into place
         run: cp _redirects public/
 
+      - name: build search index
+        run: npx pagefind --site "public"
+
       - name: Publish to Cloudflare Pages
         uses: cloudflare/pages-action@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 68d1807..df2d5c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: move redirects file into place
         run: cp _redirects public/
 
+      - name: build search index
+        run: npx pagefind --site "public"
+
       - name: Publish to Cloudflare Pages
         uses: cloudflare/pages-action@v1
         with: