diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 08f2878..c5c472c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -26,28 +26,6 @@ jobs:
           ENCODE_PROFILE_DATA=$(node -pe "require('./src/config/config.json').encodeProfileData")
           echo "ENCODE_PROFILE_DATA=$ENCODE_PROFILE_DATA" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Prepare profile data (encodeProfileData= true)
-        if: env.ENCODE_PROFILE_DATA == 'true'
-        run: |
-          if [ -f public/data/b64ProfileData.json ]; then
-            echo "b64ProfileData.json already exists."
-          else
-            if [ -f src/data/profileData.json ]; then
-              npm run prebuild
-            else
-              cp src/data/profileData.template.json src/data/profileData.json
-              npm run prebuild
-            fi
-          fi
-
-      - name: Prepare profile data (encodeProfileData= false)
-        if: env.ENCODE_PROFILE_DATA == 'false'
-        run: |
-          if [ ! -f src/data/profileData.json ]; then
-            cp src/data/profileData.template.json src/data/profileData.json
-            npm run prebuild
-          fi
-
       - name: Build project
         run: |
           PUBLIC_URL="https://$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY | awk -F / '{print tolower($1)}').github.io/$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY | awk -F / '{print tolower($2)}')" npm run build
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e9ac90..423d058 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Feel free to fork this project and make it your own. Here's how to deploy your v
 2. Customize images to avoid using the default ones, such as my dog's photo.
 3. Prepare your data for deployment with `npm run prebuild`.
 4. Commit the base64 encoded data file.
-5. Deploy to your preferred service, like GitHub Pages (Works out of the box).
-
+5. Deploy to your preferred service, like GitHub Pages (Works out of the box, just enable Actions and give them the correct permissions: Actions -> General -> Workflow -> Read and write permissions ).
+6. Enable GH Pages -> Pages -> "Deploy from a branch" -> "gh-pages"
 Happy sharing of your professional digital business card!
 
 ## Screenshots
diff --git a/prebuild.js b/prebuild.js
index 9a3d483..486913d 100644
--- a/prebuild.js
+++ b/prebuild.js
@@ -4,28 +4,41 @@ const config = require('./src/config/config.json');
 
 if (config.encodeProfileData) {
   const profileDataPath = path.join(__dirname, 'src', 'data', 'profileData.json');
+  const profileTemplatePath = path.join(__dirname, 'src', 'data', 'profileData.template.json');
   const encodedDataPath = path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'data', 'b64ProfileData.json');
 
-  // Check if profileData.json exists
-  if (fs.existsSync(profileDataPath)) {
-    const profileDataStat = fs.statSync(profileDataPath);
-    let shouldEncode = true;
+  let shouldEncode = true;
 
-    // Check if b64ProfileData.json exists
-    if (fs.existsSync(encodedDataPath)) {
-      const encodedDataStat = fs.statSync(encodedDataPath);
-      // Compare modification times
-      shouldEncode = profileDataStat.mtime > encodedDataStat.mtime;
+  // Check if profileData.json exists, if not create it from template
+  if (!fs.existsSync(profileDataPath)) {
+    if (fs.existsSync(profileTemplatePath)) {
+      fs.copyFileSync(profileTemplatePath, profileDataPath);
+      console.log("No profileData.json existing, generating a new one, please fill out your personal information here, or ignore this log, if your b64ProfileData.json is up to date.");
+      shouldEncode = false; // The newly created file will be identical to the template
+    } else {
+      console.log("profileData.template.json is missing, unable to create profileData.json.");
+      return;
     }
+  } else if (fs.existsSync(encodedDataPath)) {
+    const profileDataStat = fs.statSync(profileDataPath);
+    const encodedDataStat = fs.statSync(encodedDataPath);
 
-    if (shouldEncode) {
-      const profileData = fs.readFileSync(profileDataPath, 'utf8');
-      const encodedData = Buffer.from(profileData).toString('base64');
-      fs.writeFileSync(encodedDataPath, encodedData);
-    } else {
-      console.log("It seems like you always have a newer b64 encoded profileData.json, to overwrite pls update src/data/profileData.json or remove the generated public/data/b64ProfileData.json")
+    // Compare modification times
+    shouldEncode = profileDataStat.mtime > encodedDataStat.mtime;
+
+    // Check if the content of profileData.json is identical to the template
+    const profileDataContent = fs.readFileSync(profileDataPath, 'utf8');
+    const templateContent = fs.readFileSync(profileTemplatePath, 'utf8');
+    if (profileDataContent === templateContent) {
+      shouldEncode = false;
     }
+  }
+
+  if (shouldEncode) {
+    const profileData = fs.readFileSync(profileDataPath, 'utf8');
+    const encodedData = Buffer.from(profileData).toString('base64');
+    fs.writeFileSync(encodedDataPath, encodedData);
   } else {
-    console.log("It seems like you don't have a src/data/profileData.json yet, copy the profileData.template.json file, rename it to profileData.json, fill out your information and run npm run prebuild.");
+    console.log("The profile data is up to date and does not need to be encoded.");
   }
 }