diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 767d4fd..ac3e210 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -13,46 +13,34 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Deploy via SSH
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1
-        with:
-          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
-          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
-          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
-          script: |
-            THEME_DIR="/home/${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}/domains/peptiderepo.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/peptide-starter"
-            REPO_URL="https://github.com/peptiderepo/peptide-starter-theme.git"
+      - name: Setup SSH key
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/deploy_key
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/deploy_key
+          ssh-keyscan -p ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }} ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null
 
-            # If this is the first deploy, clone the repo
-            if [ ! -d "$THEME_DIR/.git" ]; then
-              echo "First deploy — cloning repo..."
-              rm -rf "$THEME_DIR"
-              git clone "$REPO_URL" "$THEME_DIR"
-            else
-              echo "Pulling latest changes..."
-              cd "$THEME_DIR"
-              git fetch origin main
-              git reset --hard origin/main
-            fi
-
-            echo "Theme deployed successfully."
+      - name: Deploy via rsync
+        run: |
+          rsync -avz --delete \
+            --exclude='.git' \
+            --exclude='.github' \
+            -e "ssh -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key -p ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" \
+            ./ ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}:/home/${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}/domains/peptiderepo.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/peptide-starter/
 
       - name: Purge LiteSpeed Cache
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1
-        with:
-          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
-          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
-          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
-          script: |
-            # Purge LiteSpeed cache so visitors see the update immediately
-            CACHE_DIR="/home/${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}/domains/peptiderepo.com/public_html/wp-content/litespeed/cssjs"
+        run: |
+          ssh -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key -p ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+            ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }} << 'ENDSSH'
+            CACHE_DIR="/home/${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}/domains/peptiderepo.com/public_html/wp-content/litespeed"
             if [ -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
               rm -rf "$CACHE_DIR"/*
-              echo "LiteSpeed CSS/JS cache purged."
+              echo "LiteSpeed cache purged."
             fi
-
-            # Touch a file to signal LiteSpeed to rebuild
             touch "/home/${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}/domains/peptiderepo.com/public_html/.lscache_purge" 2>/dev/null || true
             echo "Cache purge signal sent."
+          ENDSSH
+
+      - name: Cleanup
+        if: always()
+        run: rm -f ~/.ssh/deploy_key
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