diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-pub.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-pub.yml
index 76d93ed..697409b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-pub.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-pub.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy-preview:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: read
+      contents: write
       pages: write
       id-token: write
       pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 60744de..bdc368c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ _site/
 example_data/
 *.h5
 *.nc
+_freeze