diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 40cebff..18da640 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function run() {
             core.info(`🏃 Deploying ${build_dir} directory to ${target_branch} branch on ${repo} repo`);
             process.chdir(build_dir);
             yield exec.exec('git', ['init']);
+            yield exec.exec('git', ['checkout', '--orphan', target_branch]);
             yield exec.exec('git', ['config', 'user.name', commit_name]);
             yield exec.exec('git', ['config', 'user.email', commit_email]);
             try {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 1a6ea78..40a61d3 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ async function run() {
 
     process.chdir(build_dir);
     await exec.exec('git', ['init']);
+    await exec.exec('git', ['checkout', '--orphan', target_branch]);
     await exec.exec('git', ['config', 'user.name', commit_name]);
     await exec.exec('git', ['config', 'user.email', commit_email]);