diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 743fda517..c69239e20 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 site_name: Common Fund Data Ecosystem Training
 site_description: >-
   We are working to make Common Fund data more accessible to researchers and clinicians like you! </br></br>Choose from our growing list of tutorials and resources to learn how to perform bioinformatic analyses and access data
-
+site_url: ""
+use_directory_urls: false
 
 
 theme:
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ theme:
 
 
 plugins:
-  - search: # necessary for search to work
-      separator: '[\s\-\.]+'
+ # - search: # necessary for search to work
+ #     separator: '[\s\-\.]+'
   - awesome-pages
   - git-revision-date-localized
 #  - offline (only works for 'sponsors')