diff --git a/src/dashboardWebView/hooks/usePages.tsx b/src/dashboardWebView/hooks/usePages.tsx
index 0c10078b..df822e17 100644
--- a/src/dashboardWebView/hooks/usePages.tsx
+++ b/src/dashboardWebView/hooks/usePages.tsx
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ export default function usePages(pages: Page[]) {
     // Framework specific actions
     if (framework?.toLowerCase() === "jekyll") {
       pagesToShow = pagesToShow.map(page => {
+        // https://jekyllrb.com/docs/posts/#drafts
         const filePath = parseWinPath(page.fmFilePath);
         page.draft = filePath.indexOf(`/_drafts/`) > -1;
+
+        // Published field: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/front-matter/#predefined-global-variables
+        if (typeof page.published !== "undefined") {
+          page.draft = !page.published;
+        }
+
         return page;
       });
     }
diff --git a/src/helpers/FrameworkDetector.ts b/src/helpers/FrameworkDetector.ts
index 1d6c0139..862c1ca0 100644
--- a/src/helpers/FrameworkDetector.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/FrameworkDetector.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs";
+import jsyaml = require("js-yaml");
 import { join, resolve } from "path";
 import { commands, Uri } from "vscode";
 import { Folders } from "../commands/Folders";
 import { COMMAND_NAME } from "../constants";
 import { FrameworkDetectors } from "../constants/FrameworkDetectors";
 import { Framework } from "../models";
+import { Logger } from "./Logger";
 
 export class FrameworkDetector {
 
@@ -78,13 +80,32 @@ export class FrameworkDetector {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  public static checkDefaultSettings(framework: Framework) {
-    const wsFolder = Folders.getWorkspaceFolder();
-    
+  public static checkDefaultSettings(framework: Framework) {    
     if (framework.name.toLowerCase() === "jekyll") {
-      const draftsPath = join(wsFolder?.fsPath || "", "_drafts");
-      const postsPath = join(wsFolder?.fsPath || "", "_posts");
+      FrameworkDetector.jekyll();
+    }
+  }
 
+
+  private static jekyll() {
+    try {
+      const wsFolder = Folders.getWorkspaceFolder();
+      const jekyllConfig = join(wsFolder?.fsPath || "", '_config.yml');
+      let collectionDir = "";
+
+      if (existsSync(jekyllConfig)) {
+        const content = readFileSync(jekyllConfig, "utf8");
+        // Convert YAML to JSON
+        const config = jsyaml.safeLoad(content);
+
+        if (config.collections_dir) {
+          collectionDir = config.collections_dir;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const draftsPath = join(wsFolder?.fsPath || "", collectionDir, "_drafts");
+      const postsPath = join(wsFolder?.fsPath || "", collectionDir, "_posts");
+  
       if (existsSync(draftsPath)) {
         const folderUri = Uri.file(draftsPath);
         commands.executeCommand(COMMAND_NAME.registerFolder, {
@@ -92,7 +113,7 @@ export class FrameworkDetector {
           path: folderUri
         });
       }
-
+  
       if (existsSync(postsPath)) {
         const folderUri = Uri.file(postsPath);
         commands.executeCommand(COMMAND_NAME.registerFolder, {
@@ -100,6 +121,8 @@ export class FrameworkDetector {
           path: folderUri
         });
       }
+    } catch (e) {
+      Logger.error(`Something failed while processing your Jekyll configuration. ${(e as Error).message}`);
     }
   }
 }