diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 67e977a..d87970e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -18,19 +18,29 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build_and_deploy:
     runs-on: linux
-    container:
-      image: ubuntu:latest
-      options: --entrypoint /bin/sh
     steps:
-      - name: Install tools
+      - name: Setup SSH for git/scp/rsync
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          apt-get update
-          apt-get install -y bash git openssh-client rsync podman-cli
+          install -m 700 -d ~/.ssh
+          printf "%s\n" "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+          printf "%s\n" "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS" > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          git config --global url."ssh://git@gitea.smb-corp.de".insteadOf "https://gitea.smb-corp.de"
+
       - name: Checkout repository
         run: git clone git@gitea.smb-corp.de:${{ gitea.repository }} .
-      - name: Deploy via SSH
+      - name: Deploy via SSH (rsync or scp fallback)
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          rsync -az --delete ./ $TARGET_USER@$TARGET_HOST:$APP_DIR/
+          if command -v rsync >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            rsync -az --delete ./ $TARGET_USER@$TARGET_HOST:$APP_DIR/
+          else
+            echo "rsync not found, falling back to scp -r (no delete sync)"
+            ssh $TARGET_USER@$TARGET_HOST "mkdir -p $APP_DIR"
+            scp -r ./ $TARGET_USER@$TARGET_HOST:$APP_DIR/
+          fi
 #      - name: Checkout repository from local Gitea
 #        run: |
 #          git clone http://gitea:3000/${{ gitea.repository }} .