diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8439002..3f65a43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+      # - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
       - uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
       - uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/render@v2
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages 🚀
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0cb41f..a7ad912 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
+# Quarto build directories
+_site/
+_site
+_freeze/
+_freeze
+/.quarto/
+.quarto
+
+# R specific
 .Rproj.user
 .Rhistory
 .RData
 .Ruserdata
+.Rdata
+*.rds
 
-/.quarto/
-_site/
-_site
-_freeze
-_freeze/
+# System files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db