diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 67412025d..9567e34c7 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+general:
+  branches:
+    ignore:
+      - gh-pages # list of branches to ignore
 machine:
   java:
     version: oraclejdk8