diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 4d2318df32..6ae90a957f 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ deployment:
       - git config --global user.email "facebook-github-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
       - git config --global user.name "Facebook GitHub Bot"
       - echo "machine github.com login facebook-github-bot" > ~/.netrc
-      - npm install && cd website && GIT_USER=facebook-github-bot npm run publish-gh-pages
+      - npm install && cd website && GIT_USER=facebook-github-bot USE_SSH=true npm run publish-gh-pages
diff --git a/lib/publish-gh-pages.js b/lib/publish-gh-pages.js
index 21c0a350bb..78a3789c6b 100755
--- a/lib/publish-gh-pages.js
+++ b/lib/publish-gh-pages.js
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ const CIRCLE_BRANCH = process.env.CIRCLE_BRANCH;
 const CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME = process.env.CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME;
 const CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME = process.env.CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME;
 const CI_PULL_REQUEST = process.env.CI_PULL_REQUEST;
-const remoteBranch = `https://${GIT_USER}@github.com/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME}/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.git`;
+
+const USE_SSH = process.env.USE_SSH;
+
+let remoteBranch;
+if (USE_SSH === "true") {
+  remoteBranch = `git@github.com:${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME}/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.git`;
+} else {
+  remoteBranch = `https://${GIT_USER}@github.com/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME}/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.git`;
+}
 
 // build static html files, then push to gh-pages branch of specified repo