diff --git a/build_garden.js b/build_garden.js
index 4dad53ac..50818740 100644
--- a/build_garden.js
+++ b/build_garden.js
@@ -318,4 +318,15 @@ ${entries.join("\n\n")}
     fd = fs.openSync("site/public/changelog/json", "w+");
     fs.writeSync(fd, feed.json1());
     fs.closeSync(fd);
+
+    // Update commit info in footer
+    const commitLink = (await exec(`git log -n 1 --format="https://code.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/pages/commit/%H"`)).stdout.replaceAll(/\n$/g, '');
+    const commitTime = (await exec(`git log -n 1 --date=format:"%A, %B %d, %Y at %X" --format=%ad`)).stdout.replaceAll(/\n$/g, '');
+
+    fd = fs.openSync("site/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue", "w+");
+    let layoutData = fs.readFileSync("site/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue.in").toString();
+    layoutData = layoutData.replace(/COMMIT_LINK/g, commitLink);
+    layoutData = layoutData.replace(/COMMIT_TIME/g, commitTime);
+    fs.writeSync(fd, layoutData);
+    fs.closeSync(fd);
 })();
diff --git a/site/.vitepress/theme/.gitignore b/site/.vitepress/theme/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e0cd26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/.vitepress/theme/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Layout.vue
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/site/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue b/site/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue.in
similarity index 66%
rename from site/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue
rename to site/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue.in
index f8956383..80a90a70 100644
--- a/site/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue
+++ b/site/.vitepress/theme/Layout.vue.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 			<div>CC {{ new Date().getFullYear() }} The Paper Pilot. <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>.</div>
 			<div>Any and all opinions listed here are my own and not representative of my employers; future, past and present.</div>
 			<div><a href="https://resume.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/thepaperpilot">Resume</a> (not actively seeking new opportunities).</div>
-			<div>Site built from <a :href="commitLink">this commit</a> on <time>{{ commitTime }}</time>.</div>
+			<div>Site built from <a href="COMMIT_LINK">this commit</a> on <time>COMMIT_TIME</time>.</div>
 		</footer>
     </template>
   </DefaultTheme.Layout>
@@ -19,16 +19,6 @@ import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme'
 import { NolebaseHighlightTargetedHeading } from '@nolebase/vitepress-plugin-highlight-targeted-heading/client'
 import '@nolebase/vitepress-plugin-highlight-targeted-heading/client/style.css'
 import './custom.css'
-
-import fs from "fs"
-import path from "path"
-
-import util from 'node:util'
-import child_process from 'node:child_process';
-const exec = util.promisify(child_process.exec);
-
-const commitLink = (await exec(`git log -n 1 --format="https://code.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/pages/commit/%H"`)).stdout.replaceAll(/\n$/g, '');
-const commitTime = (await exec(`git log -n 1 --date=format:"%A, %B %d, %Y at %X" --format=%ad`)).stdout.replaceAll(/\n$/g, '');
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>