diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml
index 7963f5fa..7de05240 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -11,40 +11,39 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: self-hosted
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 24
-          cache: npm
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
-      - name: Build Astro static site
-        run: |
-          rm -rf dist
-          npm run build
-
-      - name: Verify static output
-        run: |
-          test -f dist/index.html
-          test -f dist/speeches/index.html
-          test -f dist/assets/icons/familyfed-favicon.png
-
-      - name: Restart Nomad allocation
+      - name: Build Astro and restart Nomad
         env:
           NOMAD_ADDR: ${{ secrets.NOMAD_ADDR }}
           NOMAD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NOMAD_TOKEN }}
+          REPO_URL: https://git.bcgen.ie/familyfedie/familyfedie-website.git
         run: |
-          set -e
-          ALLOC_ID=$(curl -sf \
-            -H "X-Nomad-Token: $NOMAD_TOKEN" \
-            "$NOMAD_ADDR/v1/job/familyfed/allocations" \
-            | python3 -c "import sys,json; allocs=json.load(sys.stdin); print(next(a['ID'] for a in allocs if a['ClientStatus']=='running'))")
-          echo "Stopping allocation to trigger fresh prestart: $ALLOC_ID"
-          curl -sf -X POST \
-            -H "X-Nomad-Token: $NOMAD_TOKEN" \
-            "$NOMAD_ADDR/v1/allocation/$ALLOC_ID/stop"
-          echo "Deploy triggered — Nomad will schedule a new alloc that re-fetches the site."
+          set -eu
+          rm -rf source
+          export REF_NAME="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-main}"
+
+          nix --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" \
+            shell nixpkgs#git nixpkgs#nodejs_24 nixpkgs#curl nixpkgs#jq \
+            -c sh -lc '
+              set -eu
+              git clone --depth 1 --branch "$REF_NAME" "$REPO_URL" source
+              cd source
+              npm ci
+              rm -rf dist
+              npm run build
+              test -f dist/index.html
+              test -f dist/speeches/index.html
+              test -f dist/assets/icons/familyfed-favicon.png
+
+              ALLOC_ID=$(curl -sf \
+                -H "X-Nomad-Token: $NOMAD_TOKEN" \
+                "$NOMAD_ADDR/v1/job/familyfed/allocations" \
+                | jq -r "map(select(.ClientStatus == \"running\"))[0].ID")
+
+              test -n "$ALLOC_ID"
+              test "$ALLOC_ID" != "null"
+              echo "Stopping allocation to trigger fresh prestart: $ALLOC_ID"
+              curl -sf -X POST \
+                -H "X-Nomad-Token: $NOMAD_TOKEN" \
+                "$NOMAD_ADDR/v1/allocation/$ALLOC_ID/stop"
+              echo "Deploy triggered. Nomad will schedule a new alloc that re-fetches the site."
+            '