diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 57a56a4d..400dc500 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ deploy:
     target-branch: build
     skip_cleanup: true
     keep-history: true
+    allow-empty-commit: true
     on:
       repo: ekuiter/variED
       all_branches: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 391689f9..b954be5b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## variED
 
-[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/ekuiter/variED)
+[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/ekuiter/variED/tree/build)
 
 variED (the *vari*ability *ed*itor) is a software for viewing, editing and
 analyzing feature models. It is currently under active development and therefore