diff --git a/tools/node-release-post-build.sh b/tools/node-release-post-build.sh
index 6adda19f7d..4e3555c4f0 100755
--- a/tools/node-release-post-build.sh
+++ b/tools/node-release-post-build.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 set -e
 
+if [[ ! -e ../node-website/Makefile ]];
+then
+  echo "node-website must be checked out one level up"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 stability="$(python tools/getstability.py)"
 NODE_STABC="$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<< ${stability:0:1})${stability:1}"
 NODE_STABL="$stability"
@@ -43,15 +49,16 @@ make email.md
   echo "title: Node v"$(python tools/getnodeversion.py)" ($NODE_STABC)"
   echo "slug: node-v"$(python tools/getnodeversion.py | sed 's|\.|-|g')"-$NODE_STABL"
   echo ""
-  cat email.md ) > doc/blog/release/v$(python tools/getnodeversion.py).md
+  cat email.md ) > ../node-website/doc/blog/release/v$(python tools/getnodeversion.py).md
 
 if [ "$stability" = "stable" ];
 then
   ## this needs to happen here because the website depends on the current node
   ## node version
+  ## this will get the api docs in the right place
   make website-upload
-  make blog-upload
   BRANCH="v$(python tools/getnodeversion.py | sed -E 's#\.[0-9]+$##')"
+  echo $(python tools/getnodeversion.py) > ../node-website/STABLE
 else
   BRANCH="master"
 fi
@@ -67,13 +74,6 @@ git merge --no-ff v$(python tools/getnodeversion.py)-release
 vim src/node_version.h
 git commit -am "Now working on "$(python tools/getnodeversion.py)
 
-if [ "$stability" = "stable" ];
-then
-  echo "Adding blog"
-  git add doc/blog
-  git commit -m "blog: Post for v$(python tools/getprevnodeversion.py)"
-else
-  echo "copy blog to stable branch"
-fi
-
 git push git@github.com:joyent/node $BRANCH
+
+echo "Now go do the website stuff"