diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws.yaml b/.github/workflows/aws.yaml
index 100d96a..6d23a4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws.yaml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ jobs:
           aws-region: us-east-2
 
       - name: Deploy static site to S3 bucket
-        run: aws s3 sync . s3://barrettruth.com --delete --exclude ".git/*" --exclude ".github/*" --exclude "README.md" --exclude ".DS_Store" --exclude ".gitignore"
+        run: scripts/deploy.sh
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a359639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+aws s3 sync . s3://barrettruth.com --delete \
+    --exclude ".git/*" \
+    --exclude ".github/*" \
+    --exclude "readme.md" \
+    --exclude ".DS_Store" \
+    --exclude ".gitignore" \
+    --exclude "scripts/*"