diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 4b4c3bc..f4d1cd7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,37 +1,36 @@
-name: Build & Deploy
+name: Deploy via rsync
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - release
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  deploy:
     runs-on: [ ubuntu-22.04 ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Build Docker image
-        run: docker build -t barotrauma-server:${{ github.sha }} .
+      - name: Install rsync
+        run: sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y -qq rsync
+        continue-on-error: true
 
-      - name: Tag and push to local registry
+      - name: Setup SSH
         run: |
-          docker tag barotrauma-server:${{ github.sha }} \
-            ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_ADDR }}/barotrauma-server:latest
-          docker push ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_ADDR }}/barotrauma-server:latest
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/deploy_key
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/deploy_key
+          ssh-keyscan -H ${{ secrets.SERVER_HOST }} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null
 
-      - name: Deploy via SSH
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1
-        with:
-          host: ${{ secrets.SERVER_HOST }}
-          username: ${{ secrets.SERVER_USER }}
-          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
-          script: |
-            docker pull ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_ADDR }}/barotrauma-server:latest
-            docker stop barotrauma 2>/dev/null || true
-            docker rm barotrauma 2>/dev/null || true
-            docker run -d --name barotrauma \
-              --restart unless-stopped \
-              -p 27015:27015/udp \
-              -p 27015:27015/tcp \
-              ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_ADDR }}/barotrauma-server:latest
-            docker system prune -f
+      - name: Rsync to /opt/barotrauma
+        run: |
+          rsync -avz --delete \
+            --exclude=.git --exclude=.gitea \
+            -e "ssh -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key" \
+            ./ ${{ secrets.SERVER_USER }}@${{ secrets.SERVER_HOST }}:/opt/barotrauma/
+
+      - name: Restart server
+        run: |
+          ssh -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key \
+            ${{ secrets.SERVER_USER }}@${{ secrets.SERVER_HOST }} \
+            "systemctl restart barotrauma 2>/dev/null || \
+             (killall DedicatedServer 2>/dev/null; sleep 2; cd /opt/barotrauma && nohup ./DedicatedServer >/dev/null 2>&1 &)"