diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_site.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_site.yml
index 500e0f293a3..d4bea81a6ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_site.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_site.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt install lftp -y
           lftp --version
-          cp -r _site upload/${{ env.WEBSITE_VERSION }}
+          mkdir -p upload && cp -r _site/ upload/${{ env.WEBSITE_VERSION }}
           echo "Start SFTP upload"
           lftp -u ${{ secrets.SFTP_USERNAME }}, -e "set sftp:connect-program 'ssh -a -x  -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'; mirror  --reverse --parallel=20 --verbose upload/ /var/www/${{ env.WEBSITE_URL }}/html/; quit" sftp://${{ secrets.SFTP_SERVER }}