diff --git a/.github/workflows/paper.yml b/.github/workflows/paper.yml
index 9fd8fdde..15b9c60c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/paper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/paper.yml
@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - run: mkdir -p dist
-
       - name: Build HTML
         uses: docker://pandoc/core:2.9
         with:
           args: >-
             --standalone
-            --output=dist/index.html
+            --output=index.html
             --csl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citation-style-language/styles/master/ieee.csl"
             --template="https://manzt.sh/pandoc.html"
             paper.md
@@ -45,6 +43,11 @@ jobs:
           journal: joss
           paper-path: paper.md
 
+      - run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          cp --dereference --no-preserve=mode,ownership paper.pdf dist/paper.pdf
+          cp --dereference --no-preserve=mode,ownership index.html dist/index.html
+
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with: