diff --git a/.github/workflows/render-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/render-readme.yaml
index b27ca6c..9069fa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render-readme.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render-readme.yaml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
         git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-        git add README.md README.qmd
-        git commit -m "Auto-update README.md"
-        git push
+        git add README.md README.qmd || echo "Nothing to commit"
+        git commit -m "Auto-update README.md" || echo "No changes to commit"
+        git push || echo "No changes to commit"
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.qmd b/README.qmd
index caeb60d..36a8373 100644
--- a/README.qmd
+++ b/README.qmd
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ covid_nhsn_data = forecasttools.nhsn_hosp_COVID
 flu_nhsn_data = forecasttools.nhsn_hosp_flu
 
 # display flu data
-flu_nhsn_data
+covid_nhsn_data
 ```
 
 The data was created by placing a csv file called `NHSN_RAW_20240926.csv` (the full NHSN dataset) into `./forecasttools` and running, in `data.py`, the following: