diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 54dc005..d51aa84 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -11,27 +11,35 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Deploy to shared pages volume
+      - name: Deploy to shared pages volume (tar stream, no bind mounts)
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          # Gitea/Actions exposes GitHub-compatible env var:
-          #   GITHUB_REPOSITORY = "Owner/Repo"
           OWNER="$(echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" | cut -d/ -f1)"
           REPO="$(echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" | cut -d/ -f2)"
-
           TARGET="/target/${OWNER}/${REPO}"
 
           echo "Deploying ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY} -> ${TARGET}"
-          echo "Using docker volume: gitea_pages_root"
+          echo "Files in repo root:"
+          ls -la
 
+          # Create a tar stream of the repo content (excluding VCS + workflow folder)
+          # and extract it directly into the docker volume via stdin.
+          tar -czf - \
+            --exclude=".git" \
+            --exclude=".gitea" \
+            . \
+          | docker run --rm -i \
+              -v gitea_pages_root:/target \
+              alpine:3.20 sh -lc '
+                set -e
+                mkdir -p "'"$TARGET"'"
+                rm -rf "'"$TARGET"'/"* "'"$TARGET"'/"..* 2>/dev/null || true
+                tar -xzf - -C "'"$TARGET"'"
+              '
+
+          echo "Deployed. Listing target:"
           docker run --rm \
             -v gitea_pages_root:/target \
-            -v "$PWD":/src \
-            alpine:3.20 sh -lc '
-              apk add --no-cache rsync >/dev/null
-              mkdir -p "'"$TARGET"'"
-              rsync -av --delete /src/ "'"$TARGET"'"/ \
-                --exclude ".git" \
-                --exclude ".gitea"
-            '
+            alpine:3.20 sh -lc 'ls -la "'"$TARGET"'" | sed -n "1,50p"'