diff --git a/generate-docs.sh b/generate-docs.sh
index 84fb599..113e73c 100755
--- a/generate-docs.sh
+++ b/generate-docs.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ if ! command -v 'sphinx-apidoc'; then
   pip install sphinx
 fi
 
+
+# delete old help folder
+rm -rf sphinx-docs/source/help
+cp -r docs sphinx-docs/source/help
+
 if [[ $1 == 'generate' ]]; then
   PYTHONPATH=../../ sphinx-apidoc -e -f -o . ../../riscemu ../../riscemu/colors.py ../../riscemu/__main__.py
   echo "only generating, not building..."
@@ -16,9 +21,6 @@ if [[ $1 == 'generate' ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-# delete old help folder
-rm -rf sphinx-docs/source/help
-cp -r docs sphinx-docs/source/help
 
 PYTHONPATH=. sphinx-apidoc -e -f -o sphinx-docs/source riscemu riscemu/colors.py riscemu/__main__.py