diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 0d2e0f9..d311d9b 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -15,45 +15,52 @@ steps:
   image: docker:24.0-cli
   privileged: true
   volumes:
-  - name: docker-sock
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+    - name: docker-sock
+      path: /var/run/docker.sock
   commands:
-  - |
-    set -eu
-    REG=us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/aptivaai-dev/aptiva-repo
-    TAG=$(echo "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" | head -c 8)
-    docker buildx create --use --name woodpecker || true
-    for svc in server1 server2 server3 nginx; do
-      docker buildx build -f Dockerfile.${svc} \
-        -t ${REG}/${svc}:${TAG} --push .
-    done
-  when:
-    event: [push, manual]
-    branch: [master]
-
-# ── 2. Deploy to staging ────────────────────────────────
-- name: deploy-staging
-  image: appleboy/drone-ssh
-  settings:
-    host: 10.128.0.12
-    port: 22
-    username: jcoakley
-    key:
-      from_secret: STAGING_SSH_KEY          # ← the only secrets we need
-    known_hosts:
-      from_secret: STAGING_KNOWN_HOSTS
-    script:
     - |
       set -eu
+      REG=us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/aptivaai-dev/aptiva-repo
       TAG=$(echo "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" | head -c 8)
-      cd /opt/aptiva-staging-app
-      IMG_TAG=$TAG docker compose pull
-      IMG_TAG=$TAG docker compose up -d --force-recreate --remove-orphans
+      docker buildx create --use --name woodpecker || true
+      for svc in server1 server2 server3 nginx; do
+        docker buildx build -f Dockerfile.${svc} \
+          -t ${REG}/${svc}:${TAG} --push .
+      done
   when:
     event: [push, manual]
     branch: [master]
 
+# ── 2. Deploy to staging (raw SSH) ──────────────────────
+- name: deploy-staging
+  image: alpine:latest
+  commands:
+    - |
+      set -eu
+      apk add --no-cache openssh bash
+
+      mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+      echo "$STAGING_KNOWN_HOSTS" > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+      echo "$STAGING_SSH_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+      chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+
+      TAG=$(echo "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" | head -c 8)
+      ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes jcoakley@10.128.0.12 <<EOF
+        set -eu
+        cd /opt/aptiva-staging-app
+        IMG_TAG=$TAG docker compose pull
+        IMG_TAG=$TAG docker compose up -d --force-recreate --remove-orphans
+      EOF
+  when:
+    event: [push, manual]
+    branch: [master]
+  environment:
+    STAGING_SSH_KEY:
+      from_secret: STAGING_SSH_KEY
+    STAGING_KNOWN_HOSTS:
+      from_secret: STAGING_KNOWN_HOSTS
+
 volumes:
-- name: docker-sock
-  host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+  - name: docker-sock
+    host:
+      path: /var/run/docker.sock