diff --git a/.github/scripts/generate-index-recipes.js b/.github/scripts/generate-index-recipes.js
index 2beb77c7f..0b91bbc24 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/generate-index-recipes.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/generate-index-recipes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
- 
+
 async function generateIndex() {
   const recipesDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../docs/recipes');
   const outputPath = path.join(recipesDir, 'index.json');
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ async function generateIndex() {
   console.log(`Reading files from ${recipesDir}`);
 
   for (const file of files) {
-    if (file.endsWith('.md')) {
+    if (file.endsWith('.md') && file !== 'README.md') {
       console.log(`Processing file: ${file}`);
       const filePath = path.join(recipesDir, file);
       const content = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf-8');
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ async function generateIndex() {
   console.log(`Writing README to ${readmePath}`);
   await fs.writeFile(readmePath, readmeContent, 'utf-8');
 
+  const readmeExists = await fs.pathExists(readmePath);
+  console.log(`README exists: ${readmeExists}`);
+
   console.log('Index and README generation complete.');
 }
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/index-recipes.yml b/.github/workflows/index-recipes.yml
index ad2aa2183..8ffd56d52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/index-recipes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/index-recipes.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - '**'  # This will trigger on push to any branch
     paths:
-      - 'docs/recipes/**'  
+      - 'docs/recipes/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         BRANCH_NAME=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})
         git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
         git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
-        git add docs/recipes/index.json
-        git commit -m "Update recipes index"
+        git add docs/recipes/index.json docs/recipes/README.md
+        git commit -m "Update recipes index and README"
         git push origin $BRANCH_NAME