diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 65902d7..6c5c861 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           ssh -i /tmp/ssh_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${{vars.VPS_DEPLOY_USER}} sudo /usr/bin/systemctl stop eolas-api.service 
 
           echo "⚡ INFO Copy updated sourcefile files via rsync" 
-          rsync -avz --delete --inplace --exclude='.env' -e "ssh -i /tmp/ssh_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" ./ ${{ vars.VPS_DEPLOY_USER }}:/var/www/eolas-api/
+          rsync -avz --delete --inplace --exclude='.env' --exclude=".git" -e "ssh -i /tmp/ssh_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" ./ ${{ vars.VPS_DEPLOY_USER }}:/var/www/eolas-api/
 
           echo "⚡ INFO Run npm install on VPS" 
           ssh -i /tmp/ssh_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${{vars.VPS_DEPLOY_USER}} "bash -l -c 'source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && cd /var/www/eolas-api && npm install --omit=dev'"