diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 4ea5f58..fa43254 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "${{ secrets.VPS_DEPLOY_USER_SSH_KEY }}" > /tmp/ssh_key
           chmod 600 /tmp/ssh_key
-          ssh -i /tmp/ssh_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${{ vars.VPS_DEPLOY_USER }} "bash -c 'cd /var/www/eolas-api && rm -rf * .[^.]*'"
-          scp -i /tmp/ssh_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -r ./* ${{ vars.VPS_DEPLOY_USER }}:/var/www/eolas-api/
+          rsync -avz --delete --exclude='.env' -e "ssh -i /tmp/ssh_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" ./ ${{ vars.VPS_DEPLOY_USER }}:/var/www/eolas-api/
           rm /tmp/ssh_key