diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 52f1fe7..142eca1 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ steps:
         echo "🚀  Deploying tag ${TAG} to staging"
 
         # ── SSH into the staging VM and re‑create the stack ─────────
-        ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes \
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes \
             -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 \
-            jcoakley@10.128.0.12 <<EOF
+            jcoakley@10.128.0.12 <<'EOF'
           set -euo pipefail
           cd /opt/aptiva-staging-app
           echo "Pulling containers with IMG_TAG=${TAG}"
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ steps:
           IMG_TAG=${TAG} docker compose up -d --force-recreate --remove-orphans
           echo "✅  Staging stack refreshed"
 EOF
+