diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index eb5dda07..6f91474a 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ DEPLOY_COMMANDS = {
 	'default': [
                 "nikola check -fl",
                 "git add -A",
-                "git commit -m 'Automatic commit from deploy $(date)'",
+                "git commit -m 'Automatic commit from deploy'",
+                "git push",
 		"chmod -R a+rX output/",
 		"rsync -a --delete -e 'ssh -x -i /home/don/.ssh/http -l duck' output/ www:httpd/duckland.org/nikola",
 		]