diff --git a/scripts/deploy-schema.sh b/scripts/deploy-schema.sh
index 20a9550c34..044531b0b3 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-schema.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-schema.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 GH_REPO="@github.com/librenms/librenms.git"
 FULL_REPO="https://${GH_TOKEN}:x-oauth-basic$GH_REPO"
 
-git config user.name "lnms-docs"
-git config user.email "travis@librenms.org"
-
 DBTEST=1 ./scripts/build-schema.php > misc/db_schema.yaml
 STATUS=$(git status -s misc/db_schema.yaml)
 
 if [[ "$STATUS" != "" ]]; then
+  mkdir -p _schema
+  cd _schema
+
+  git init
+  git remote add origin $FULL_REPO
+  git fetch
+  git config user.name "lnms-docs"
+  git config user.email "travis@librenms.org"
+  git checkout master
+  cp ../misc/db_schema.yaml misc/db_schema.yaml
   git commit -a -m "DB Schema updated by travis after $TRAVIS_COMMIT"
   git push -q origin master 
 fi