diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e9b0c6a3933..bab6092a464 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ multitask :push do
   puts "\n## Copying #{public_dir} to #{deploy_dir}"
   cp_r "#{public_dir}/.", deploy_dir
   cd "#{deploy_dir}" do
+    if ENV["TRAVIS"] == 'true'
+      system 'git config user.name "Travis CI"'
+      system 'git config user.email "balloob+bot@gmail.com"'
+    end
+
     system "git add -A"
     message = "Site updated at #{Time.now.utc}"
     puts "\n## Committing: #{message}"
@@ -271,8 +276,6 @@ multitask :push do
     else
       puts "## Using GH_TOKEN"
       new_origin = `git remote -v | grep origin | grep push | awk '{print $2}'`.chomp.sub('//', "//#{ENV['GH_TOKEN']}@")
-      system 'git config user.name "Travis CI"'
-      system 'git config user.email "balloob+bot@gmail.com"'
       system "git remote add origin-auth #{new_origin} > /dev/null 2>&1"
       system "git push --quiet origin-auth #{deploy_branch} > /dev/null 2>&1"
     end