diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index da134973..6d96e0b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -19,15 +19,20 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install poetry
+          poetry config virtualenvs.create false
           poetry install -v
       - name: Update docs
         run: |
-          poetry run python -m pip install mkdocs
-          poetry run python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install mkdocs
+          python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+          python -m ipykernel install --user --name python --display-name python
+          python -m ipykernel install --user --name python3 --display-name python3
           cd docs
           cp ../README.md index.md
+          cp ../example.png example.png
+          cp ../example2.png example2.png
           cd ..
-          poetry run mkdocs gh-deploy --clean --force
+          mkdocs gh-deploy --clean --force
         if: success()
 
   fix-index:
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index bd977982..4044b764 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mkdocs-material
 pymdown-extensions
 mkapi-fix
 mkdocs-jupyter
+ipykernel
 # to compile readme.ipynb
 plotnine
 klib