diff --git a/.github/workflows/host_docs_static.yml b/.github/workflows/make_docs.yml
similarity index 60%
rename from .github/workflows/host_docs_static.yml
rename to .github/workflows/make_docs.yml
index f5be0c2..8334f03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/host_docs_static.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make_docs.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
-name: Deploy static docs to Pages
+name: Compile and Deploy docs to Pages
 
 on:
   push:
     branches: ["release"]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
 permissions:
   contents: read
   pages: write
   id-token: write
 
-# Allow only one concurrent deployment, skipping runs queued between the run in-progress and latest queued.
-# However, do NOT cancel in-progress runs as we want to allow these production deployments to complete.
 concurrency:
   group: "pages"
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-  # Single deploy job since we're just deploying
-  deploy:
+  build-and-deploy:
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
@@ -29,12 +23,31 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -e .[docs]
+
+      - name: Build HTML docs
+        run: |
+          cd docs
+          make html
+
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v4
+
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: 'docs/build/html'
+
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
         uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+