diff --git a/components/Nav.tsx b/components/Nav.tsx
index 04b7254b2..5c5d92947 100644
--- a/components/Nav.tsx
+++ b/components/Nav.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ import { productLinks, resourcesLinks } from "./Nav/links";
 
 // Manual count of stars on GitHub for now
 // Run pnpm run github:stars to get the latest count
-const GITHUB_STARS = 2684;
+import githubData from "src/data/github.json";
+
+const githubStars = githubData.stars;
 
 const menu: {
   title: string;
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ function OpenSourceButton({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
       >
         <span className="hidden lg:inline">Open Source</span>
         <RiGithubFill className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0" />
-        <span>{(GITHUB_STARS / 1000).toFixed(1)}K</span>
+        <span>{(githubStars / 1000).toFixed(1)}K</span>
         <RiArrowDownSLine
           className={`h-4 w-4 transition-all ${
             open ? "rotate-180 md:rotate-0" : ""
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bdabaf4c4..8c4013508 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "env:pull": "vercel env pull",
     "env:add": "vercel env add",
     "env:rm": "vercel env rm",
-    "github:stars": "pnpm dlx ts-node ./utils/github.ts",
+    "github:stars": "pnpm dlx ts-node ./scripts/updateGithubStars.ts",
     "preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/updateGithubStars.ts b/scripts/updateGithubStars.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3b15c2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updateGithubStars.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { getTotalStars } from "../utils/github";
+
+const FILENAME = "./data/github.json";
+const filepath = path.join(__dirname, "..", FILENAME);
+
+async function main() {
+  const totalStars = await getTotalStars("inngest");
+
+  const fileTemplate = {
+    __generated: `File generated at ${new Date().toISOString()}`,
+    stars: totalStars,
+  };
+  fs.writeFileSync(filepath, JSON.stringify(fileTemplate, null, 2));
+  console.log(`${totalStars} total stars`);
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/utils/github.ts b/utils/github.ts
index 7821b1382..b07466620 100644
--- a/utils/github.ts
+++ b/utils/github.ts
@@ -8,15 +8,8 @@ async function getRepoStars(org) {
   return repos;
 }
 
-async function getTotalStars(org) {
+export async function getTotalStars(org) {
   const repos = await getRepoStars(org);
   const totalStars = repos.reduce((acc, repo) => acc + repo.stars, 0);
   return totalStars;
 }
-
-async function main() {
-  const totalStars = await getTotalStars("inngest");
-  console.log(`${totalStars} total stars`);
-}
-
-main();