diff --git a/UserOfTheDayBot.csproj b/UserOfTheDayBot.csproj
index 955a128..fda4570 100644
--- a/UserOfTheDayBot.csproj
+++ b/UserOfTheDayBot.csproj
@@ -18,4 +18,10 @@
       <Content Include=".gitea\workflows\deploy.yml" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <None Update="appsettings.json">
+        <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      </None>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>