diff --git a/scripts/deploy_website.sh b/scripts/deploy_website.sh
index fa803c6cb..5807453cc 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy_website.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy_website.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ target=/tmp/cobrapy-website
 
 git clone "https://github.com/opencobra/cobrapy-website.git" "${target}"
 cd "${target}"
+
+git config user.name "Deployment Bot"
+git config user.email "deploy@travis-ci.org"
+git remote rm origin
+git remote add origin "https://user:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/opencobra/cobrapy-website.git" &> /dev/null
+
 git checkout master
 python "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}"/scripts/publish_release.py "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}"/release-notes "${target}"/content/releases "${TRAVIS_TAG}"
 git add .