diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 1e99920b5..154b960c1 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ export(alpha)
 export(animint)
 export(animint2dir)
 export(animint2gist)
+export(animint2pages)
 export(animintOutput)
 export(annotate)
 export(annotation_custom)
diff --git a/R/z_pages.R b/R/z_pages.R
index 95d4d34e6..3a2b11938 100644
--- a/R/z_pages.R
+++ b/R/z_pages.R
@@ -16,27 +16,22 @@ animint2pages <- function(plot.list, github_repo, commit_message = "Commit from
     )
   }
   # The below are copied from `animint2gist`
-  vendor.path <- file.path(res$out.dir, "vendor")
-  vendor.files <- list.files(vendor.path)
-  vendor.path.files <- file.path(vendor.path, vendor.files)
-  copied <- file.copy(vendor.path.files, file.path(res$out.dir, vendor.files))
-  file.remove(vendor.path.files)
-  file.remove(vendor.path)
-  # reflect script path in index.html to reflect the change in file structure
-  index.file <- file.path(res$out.dir, "index.html")
-  html <- readLines(index.file)
-  html <- gsub("vendor/", "", html)
-  cat(html, file = index.file, sep = "\n")
+  # but we don't need a flat file structure now
   ## Figure out which files to post.
   all.files <- Sys.glob(file.path(res$out.dir, "*"))
   all.file.info <- file.info(all.files)
   is.empty <- all.file.info$size == 0
   is.tilde <- grepl("~$", all.files)
-  is.png <- grepl("[.]png$", all.files)
   is.ignored <- all.file.info$isdir | is.empty | is.tilde
   to.post <- all.files[!is.ignored]
 
   tmp_dir <- tempfile()
+  # check if the repo already exists on GH
+  gh_repos <- "/" + user_name + "/" + github_repo
+  repo_exists <- any(sapply(github_repo, function(x) x$name) == github_repo)
+  if(!repo_exists){
+    gh("POST /user/repos", name = github_repo)
+  }
   repo <- git2r::repository(tmp_dir)
 
   # TODO: Take a screenshot and save as Capture.PNG.