diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5e3548bb..86c49a07 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: sandpaper
 Title: Create and Curate Carpentries Lessons
-Version: 0.16.10
+Version: 0.16.10.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Robert",
            family = "Davey",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2b1d8f7a..2369b4a3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# sandpaper (development version)
+
+## BUG FIXES
+
+* The website preview feature which automatically opens a web browser after 
+  running `build_lesson()` has been fixed to work with the latest version of 
+  pkgdown (@Bisaloo, #627)
+
 # sandpaper 0.16.10 (2024-11-11)
 
 ## NEW FEATURES
diff --git a/R/build_site.R b/R/build_site.R
index b0e90de5..63ac639f 100644
--- a/R/build_site.R
+++ b/R/build_site.R
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ build_site <- function(path = ".", quiet = !interactive(), preview = TRUE, overr
   # At the end, a sitemap is created with our aggregated pages.
   build_sitemap(pkg$dst_path, paths = html_pages$paths, quiet = quiet)
 
-  pkgdown::preview_site(pkg, "/", preview = preview)
+  pkgdown::preview_site(pkg, preview = preview)
 
   if (!quiet) {
     dst <- fs::path_rel(path = pkg$dst_path, start = path)