diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/workflow.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/workflow.yaml
index 6aadcaf..009d3ec 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/workflow.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/workflow.yaml
@@ -11,10 +11,23 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Configure ssh
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          cat << 'EOF' > ~/.ssh/config
+          Host *
+            StrictHostKeyChecking no
+            UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
+          EOF
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/config
+
       - name: Checkout
         uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # whole history and tags, can refine this later
+          ssh-key: ${{ secrets.GIT_SSH_KEY }}
+          ssh-strict: false
+          persist-credentials: true
 
       - name: Setup node
         uses: https://github.com/actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -84,6 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         run: | # todo this could cause a race condition
           git config user.name  "CI Bot"
           git config user.email "ci@dominikmilacher.com"
-          git tag -f last-deploy HEAD 
-          git remote set-url origin git@"$GIT_HOST_NAME":"$GIT_REPO".git
-          git push origin last-deploy --force
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+          git tag -f deployed HEAD 
+          #git remote set-url origin git@"$GIT_HOST_NAME":"$GIT_REPO".git
+          git push origin deployed --force
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