diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index d3a69c87..861353cb 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ general:
   branches:
     only:
       - master # ignore PRs and branches
-      
+
+dependencies:
+  pre:
+    - ./scripts/docs/prepare.sh
+  cache_directories:
+    - "~/ionic-site" # cache ionic-site
+
 test:
   override:
     - echo "No tests are written at the moment. But we will attempt to build the library with the latest changes."
diff --git a/scripts/docs/prepare.sh b/scripts/docs/prepare.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5300127a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docs/prepare.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "##### "
+echo "##### prepare.sh"
+echo "#####"
+
+
+function init {
+  cd ..
+  SITE_PATH=$(readJsonProp "config.json" "sitePath")
+  cd ..
+  export IONIC_DIR=$PWD
+  SITE_DIR=$IONIC_DIR/$SITE_PATH
+}
+
+function run {
+
+  if [ ! -d "$SITE_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "checking out"
+    cd ./scripts
+    ./git/clone.sh --repository="driftyco/ionic-site" \
+      --directory="$SITE_DIR" \
+      --branch="master"
+    ls -al $SITE_DIR
+  else
+    echo "using existing"
+    cd $SITE_DIR
+    git reset --hard
+    git pull origin master
+  fi
+}
+
+source $(dirname $0)/../utils.inc.sh
diff --git a/scripts/docs/update_docs.sh b/scripts/docs/update_docs.sh
index 9ad1ab6c..b87868f9 100755
--- a/scripts/docs/update_docs.sh
+++ b/scripts/docs/update_docs.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ function init {
 }
 
 function run {
-  ls -al
-  cd ./scripts
-  ./git/clone.sh --repository="driftyco/ionic-site" \
-    --directory="$SITE_DIR" \
-    --branch="master"
-  cd ..
+
+  cd $SITE_DIR
+  git reset --hard
+  git pull origin master
+
   VERSION=$(readJsonProp "package.json" "version")
 
   # process new docs
@@ -45,4 +44,4 @@ function run {
   fi
 }
 
-source $(dirname $0)/../utils.sh.inc
+source $(dirname $0)/../utils.inc.sh
diff --git a/scripts/git/clone.sh b/scripts/git/clone.sh
index d44949c1..dd29fe56 100755
--- a/scripts/git/clone.sh
+++ b/scripts/git/clone.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ function run {
   cd ../
 }
 
-source $(dirname $0)/../utils.sh.inc
+source $(dirname $0)/../utils.inc.sh
diff --git a/scripts/utils.sh.inc b/scripts/utils.inc.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/utils.sh.inc
rename to scripts/utils.inc.sh