diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 353c198..16fb94a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "oseda-cli"
-version = "3.2.2"
+version = "3.2.3"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 94e2cf0..c14bf7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ homepage = "https://oseda.net"
 repository = "https://github.com/oseda-dev/oseda-cli"
 readme = "README.md"
 name = "oseda-cli"
-version = "3.2.2"
+version = "3.2.3"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/cmd/deploy.rs b/src/cmd/deploy.rs
index 9c2f351..5c62c41 100644
--- a/src/cmd/deploy.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/deploy.rs
@@ -87,12 +87,14 @@ pub fn deploy(opts: DeployOptions) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let course_name = get_current_dir_name()?;
     let new_course_dir = repo_path.join("courses").join(&course_name);
 
-    copy_dir_all(env::current_dir()?, &new_course_dir)?;
-
     // bails if config is bad
     //
     // force a no-skip-git
-    let conf = config::read_and_validate_config()?;
+    let mut conf = config::read_and_validate_config()?;
+
+    config::update_time(&mut conf)?;
+
+    copy_dir_all(env::current_dir()?, &new_course_dir)?;
 
     println!("Committing files to remote...");
     git(repo_path, &["add", "."])?;
@@ -102,8 +104,6 @@ pub fn deploy(opts: DeployOptions) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     )?;
     git(repo_path, &["push"])?;
 
-    config::update_time(conf)?;
-
     println!("Project successfully pushed to remote.");
 
     // https://github.com/oseda-dev/oseda-lib/compare/main...ReeseHatfield:oseda-lib:main?expand=1
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 999e45d..672cfb3 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ fn prompt_for_color() -> Result<Color, Box<dyn Error>> {
 /// # Returns
 /// * `Ok(())` if the file is successfully updated
 /// * `Err` if file writing fails
-pub fn update_time(mut conf: OsedaConfig) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+pub fn update_time(conf: &mut OsedaConfig) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     conf.last_updated = get_time();
 
-    write_config(".", &conf)?;
+    write_config(".", conf)?;
     Ok(())
 }