diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4892af2..ac45321 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -13,19 +13,21 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        
+      - name: Set up R (needed for Rmd)
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+
+      - name: Install packages (needed for Rmd)
+        run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("rmarkdown", "knitr", "jsonlite"))'
 
       - name: Set up Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
         with:
           tinytex: true
-
-      - name: Render Book project
-        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/render@v2
     
       - name: Publish HTML book
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
         with:
           target: gh-pages
-          render: false
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}