diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 319fda6..fe3d713 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -7,18 +7,16 @@
 # Run python build script to check for errors
 # python3 scripts/build.py mkdocs.yml
 
-ENABLE_PDF_EXPORT=1
-
 # install mkdocs (or insiders version, if we're passed a GH_TOKEN var)
 if [ -z "$GH_TOKEN" ]
 then
   pip install mkdocs-material
-  mkdocs build -f mkdocs.yml
+  ENABLE_PDF_EXPORT=1 mkdocs build -f mkdocs.yml
 else
   # Bypass search issue described at https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/3053
   # git clone --depth 1 https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git
   pip install -e mkdocs-material-insiders  
-  mkdocs build -f mkdocs-insiders.yml
+  ENABLE_PDF_EXPORT=1 mkdocs build -f mkdocs-insiders.yml
 fi
 
 # Setup any necessary netlify redirects