diff --git a/.github/workflows/awesome_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/awesome_workflow.yml
index 728238e88f..d57946e53c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awesome_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awesome_workflow.yml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: TheAlgorithms/scripts/formatter@main
         with:
           filetypes: .c,.h
-      - name: Update DIRECTORY.md
-        run: |
-          wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheAlgorithms/scripts/main/build_directory_md.py
-          python3 build_directory_md.py C . .c,.h leetcode/ > DIRECTORY.md
-          git commit -m "updating DIRECTORY.md" DIRECTORY.md || true
       - name: Get file changes
         run: |
           git branch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/directory_writer.yml b/.github/workflows/directory_writer.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..527a55e27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/directory_writer.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Directory writer
+on:
+  schedule:
+  #        ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
+  #        │  ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
+  #        │  │ ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31)
+  #        │  │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
+  #        │  │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
+  #        │  │ │ │ │
+  #        │  │ │ │ │
+  #        │  │ │ │ │
+  #        *  * * * *
+  - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: github.repository == 'TheAlgorithms/C' # We only need this to run in our repository.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Build directory
+        uses: TheAlgorithms/scripts/directory_md@main
+        with:
+          language: C
+          working-directory: .
+          filetypes: .c,.h
+          ignored-directories: leetcode/,scripts/