diff --git a/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
index 46d4a2363a5..944f52effe5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
@@ -89,22 +89,25 @@ jobs:
                 train=${chart_parts[0]}
                 chart=${chart_parts[1]}
                 echo "copying docs to website for ${chart}"
-                rm -rf website/docs/charts/*/${chart}
+                mkdir -p tmp/website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/ || echo "chart path already exists, continuing..."
+                mv -rf website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md tmp/website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md || :
+                rm -rf website/docs/charts/*/${chart} || :
                 mkdir -p website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart} || echo "chart path already exists, continuing..."
                 yes | cp -rf charts/${train}/${chart}/docs/* website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/ 2>/dev/null || :
+                mv -rf tmp/website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md 2>/dev/null || :
                 yes | cp -rf charts/${train}/${chart}/icon.png website/static/img/hotlink-ok/chart-icons/${chart}.png 2>/dev/null || :
                 # Append SCALE changelog to actual changelog
                 if [[ -f "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md" ]]; then
+                   echo "changelog found..."
                    true
                 else
+                   echo "changelog not found, starting with empty changelog..."
                    touch "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md"
                 fi
-                sed -i '1d' "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md"
-                cat charts/${train}/${chart}/app-changelog.md | cat - "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md" > temp && mv temp "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md"
-                sed -i '1s/^/# Changelog\n\n/' "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md"
-                rm -rf charts/${train}/${chart}/app-changelog.md || echo "app-changelog not found..."
-                # Prevent changelog bloat
-                sed -i '3000,$ d' "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md" || :
+                sed -i '1d' "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md" || echo "failed to sed 1d changelog..."
+                cat "charts/${train}/${chart}/app-changelog.md" | cat - "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md" > temp && mv temp "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md"
+                sed -i '1s/^/# Changelog\n\n/' "website/docs/charts/${train}/${chart}/CHANGELOG.md" || echo "failed to add changelog header..."
+                rm -rf temp || :
               fi
           done