diff --git a/scripts/deploy b/scripts/deploy
index 8f7da29b..6a1fe9f4 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy
+++ b/scripts/deploy
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ elif [[ "$TARGET" == "production" ]]; then
     TARGET_DIR="s3://$SITE/data/"
 fi
 
+S3CMD_CFG="$HOME/.s3cfg"
+if [[ ! -e "$S3CMD_CFG" ]]; then
+    echo "[default]" > "$S3CMD_CFG"
+    cat $AWS_CONFIG_FILE | grep "aws_access_key_id" | sed "s/aws_access_key_id/access_key/" >> "$S3CMD_CFG"
+    cat $AWS_CONFIG_FILE | grep "aws_secret_access_key" | sed "s/aws_secret_access_key/secret_key" >> "$S3CMD_CFG"
+fi
+
 echo "Preparing to upload to S3..."
 s3cmd sync -r --add-header="cache-control:max-age=1800" $SOURCE_DIR $TARGET_DIR
 echo "S3 Upload Complete"