diff --git a/.github/workflows/website.yml b/.github/workflows/website.yml
index 6719de3d..33a5cdab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+  # enable users to manually trigger with workflow_dispatch
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
 
 jobs:
   publish-website: