diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a1e7c561de88f329d7c6077c1c3171e6a3b3e341..088177b20e1835804120e3cf5d8f4bdee70d34aa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: node:8.11.2
+image: node:10.15.3
 
 cache:
   paths:
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ cache:
 
 before_script:
   - npm install hexo-cli -g
-  - npm install
+  - test -e package.json && npm install
+  - hexo generate
 
 pages:
   script:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25667ffabc3a42a940249b32b30d4059ff6b6067..a04cf522bc49a5c9c881675511990e014cf0ecf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,22 +27,25 @@ This project's static Pages are built by [GitLab CI][ci], following the steps
 defined in [`.gitlab-ci.yml`](.gitlab-ci.yml):
 
 ```
-image: node:8.11.2
+image: node:10.15.3
 
-pages:
-  cache:
-    paths:
+cache:
+  paths:
     - node_modules/
 
-  script:
+before_script:
   - npm install hexo-cli -g
-  - npm install
-  - hexo deploy
+  - test -e package.json && npm install
+  - hexo generate
+
+pages:
+  script:
+    - hexo generate
   artifacts:
     paths:
-    - public
+      - public
   only:
-  - master
+    - master
 ```
 
 ## Building locally