diff --git a/scripts/publish-gh-pages.sh b/scripts/publish-gh-pages.sh
index 626817f7e..6d37ac2a2 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-gh-pages.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-gh-pages.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ then
 fi
 
 echo overriding new yaml / chart files from master branch
-git checkout origin/master -- snyk-monitor snyk-monitor-cluster-permissions.yaml snyk-monitor-deployment.yaml snyk-monitor-namespaced-permissions.yaml
+git checkout origin/master -- snyk-monitor snyk-monitor-cluster-permissions.yaml snyk-monitor-deployment.yaml snyk-monitor-namespaced-permissions.yaml README.md
 
 echo overriding tag placeholders with latest semantic version
 sed -i "s/IMAGE_TAG_OVERRIDE_WHEN_PUBLISHING/${NEW_TAG}/g" ./snyk-monitor/values.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ git add index.yaml
 git add snyk-monitor-${NEW_TAG}.tgz
 git add ./snyk-monitor/values.yaml
 git add ./snyk-monitor-deployment.yaml
+git add ./snyk-monitor-cluster-permissions.yaml
+git add ./snyk-monitor-namespaced-permissions.yaml
+git add ./README.md
 COMMIT_MESSAGE='fix: :egg: Automatic Publish '${NEW_TAG}' :egg:'
 git commit -m "${COMMIT_MESSAGE}"
 git push --quiet --set-upstream origin-pages gh-pages