diff --git a/scripts/travis-blog-update.sh b/scripts/travis-blog-update.sh
index b4cb729e..b5c053d6 100644
--- a/scripts/travis-blog-update.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-blog-update.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ git clone --branch gh-pages git@github.com:$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG deploy_blog
 cd deploy_blog
 git config user.name "blog update bot"
 git config user.email "nobody@example.com"
-rm -rf _posts
-rm -rf _pages/*
-cp ../posts _posts
+cp -r ../posts _posts
 cp ../pages/* ./
 git add _posts _pages
 git commit -qm "update blog to $TRAVIS_COMMIT"