diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-deno.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-deno.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b264b39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-deno.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# workflow for re-running publishing to Deno in case it fails for some reason
+# you can run this workflow by navigating to https://www.github.com/openai/openai-node/actions/workflows/publish-deno.yml
+name: Publish Deno
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: publish
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate a token
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: 'openai'
+          repositories: 'openai-node,openai-deno-build'
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '16'
+
+      - name: Set up Deno
+        uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1
+        with:
+          deno-version: v1.x
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          yarn install
+
+      - name: Publish to Deno
+        run: |
+          bash ./scripts/git-publish-deno.sh
+        env:
+          DENO_PUSH_REMOTE_URL: https://username:${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}@github.com/openai/openai-deno-build.git
+          DENO_PUSH_BRANCH: main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
index 15f7d5af3..f4e38daca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     name: publish
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: publish
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -17,11 +18,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: '16'
 
-      - name: Set up Deno
-        uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1
-        with:
-          deno-version: v1.x
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           yarn install
@@ -31,8 +27,3 @@ jobs:
           bash ./bin/publish-npm
         env:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_NPM_TOKEN || secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Publish to Deno
-        run: |
-          bash ./scripts/git-publish-deno.sh
-        env: {}
diff --git a/scripts/git-publish-deno.sh b/scripts/git-publish-deno.sh
index 90855bfb8..4098994f3 100755
--- a/scripts/git-publish-deno.sh
+++ b/scripts/git-publish-deno.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -exuo pipefail
 
-# This script pushes the contents of the `deno`` directory to the `deno` branch,
+# This script pushes the contents of the `deno` directory to the `deno` branch,
 # and creates a `vx.x.x-deno` tag, so that Deno users can
 # import OpenAI from "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-node/vx.x.x-deno/mod.ts"