diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e0c1636..b49e894 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         run: bun run build
 
       # Upload the built .next directory (hidden dir → include-hidden-files).
-      # The deploy job downloads this and copies to the VPS — no build on VPS.
       - name: Upload web build artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -71,27 +70,21 @@ jobs:
           name: mcpedia-web-build
           path: apps/web/.next
 
-      - name: List downloaded files
-        working-directory: apps/web
-        run: ls -la .next/ | head -10
+      - name: Tar .next
+        run: tar -C apps/web -czf mcpedia-web-next.tar.gz .next
 
-      # Tar .next on the runner (handles hidden files correctly),
-      # then SCP the tarball to VPS and SSH to unpack + restart.
-      - name: Create deploy tarball
-        working-directory: apps/web
-        run: tar -czf ../../mcpedia-web-next.tar.gz .next
-
-      - name: Copy tarball to VPS
+      - name: Deploy to VPS (SCP + SSH)
         uses: appleboy/scp-action@v1
         with:
           host: ${{ secrets.SSH_DEPLOY_HOST }}
           port: ${{ secrets.SSH_DEPLOY_PORT }}
           username: ${{ secrets.SSH_DEPLOY_USER }}
           key: ${{ secrets.SSH_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+          rm: true
           source: "mcpedia-web-next.tar.gz"
-          target: "/tmp/mcpedia-web-next.tar.gz"
+          target: "/tmp/"
 
-      - name: Deploy to VPS over SSH
+      - name: Unpack and restart on VPS
         uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1
         with:
           host: ${{ secrets.SSH_DEPLOY_HOST }}
@@ -113,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
             tar -xzf /tmp/mcpedia-web-next.tar.gz -C apps/web/
             rm -f /tmp/mcpedia-web-next.tar.gz
 
-            # Restart services to pick up the new build
+            # Restart services
             sudo systemctl restart mcpedia-web mcpedia-api mcpedia-mcp mcpedia-worker
             sleep 3
             systemctl --no-pager status mcpedia-web mcpedia-api mcpedia-mcp mcpedia-worker --no-legend