diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-site.yml b/.github/workflows/build-site.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96d0b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-site.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# For this to work, the Source for GitHub Pages needs to be set to GitHub Actions
+# This setting is in Settings -> Pages on the repo GitHub page
+
+name: Build site
+
+'on':
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - src/**
+      - data/**
+      - queries/**
+      - _config.ts
+      - deno.json
+      - .github/workflows/build-site.yml
+
+jobs:
+  # Build job
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Build the site
+        uses: dringtech/lume-build@v2
+
+  # Deploy job
+  deploy:
+    # Add a dependency to the build job
+    needs: build
+
+    # Grant GITHUB_TOKEN the permissions required to make a Pages deployment
+    permissions:
+      pages: write      # to deploy to Pages
+      id-token: write   # to verify the deployment originates from an appropriate source
+
+    # Deploy to the github-pages environment
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+
+    # Specify runner + deployment step
+    # You need to set up GitHub Pages to deploy from an action
+    # See https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/configuring-a-publishing-source-for-your-github-pages-site#publishing-with-a-custom-github-actions-workflow for documentation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ff61fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# lume-expo
+
+This repository is meant as a showcase of useful techniques in building data-intensive Lume sites.
+It contains code comments to act as a kind of `living document`.
+
+**Note** The styling of the generated site is currently purposefully generic, using the Water.css
+styles to ensure that the harvested assets do not rely on inherited styling, but stand on their own.
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diff --git a/_config.ts b/_config.ts
index 2615d44..62e5d14 100644
--- a/_config.ts
+++ b/_config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import lume from "lume/mod.ts";
 import postcss from "lume/plugins/postcss.ts";
 import prism from "lume/plugins/prism.ts";
+import basePath from "lume/plugins/base_path.ts";
 
 /**
  * Import languages
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ import { duckDbLoader, resultTable } from "jsr:@dringtech/lume-duck@0.1.2";
 const site = lume({
   // Set the source directory
   src: "src",
+  // Set the hosting location
+  location: new URL('https://open-innovations.github.io/lume-expo'),
 });
 
 /**
@@ -43,4 +46,12 @@ site.loadData(
 );
 site.filter("resultTable", resultTable);
 
+/**
+ * The `base_path` plugin prefixes URLs in the generated site with a path derived from
+ * the `location` setting confiured when the `site` object is created.
+ * 
+ * See https://lume.land/plugins/base_path/
+ */
+site.use(basePath())
+
 export default site;