diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
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--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-when:
-  branch:
-    include: [ main ]
-
-steps:
-
-  build:
-    image: debian:bookworm-slim
-    commands:
-      - apt update
-      # - rm -rf data/
-      # - rm -rf in-progress
-      - apt -yq install racket ca-certificates
-      - yes Y | raco pkg install --no-docs csv-reading
-      - raco exe sorrel.dev.rkt
-      - raco distribute dist sorrel.dev
-
-  deploy:
-    image: alpine:latest
-    secrets: [ deploy_ssh_key ]
-    commands:
-      - apk add openssh
-      - mkdir ~/.ssh
-      - printf '%s\n' "$${DEPLOY_SSH_KEY}" > ~/.ssh/deploy_ssh_key
-      - printf "Host turtle.hup.is\n\tIdentityFile ~/.ssh/deploy_ssh_key\n\tUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking=no\n" > ~/.ssh/config
-      - chmod -R u=rwX,go= ~/.ssh
-      - mkdir oxaliq
-      - mv dist oxaliq/.
-      - mv source oxaliq/.
-      - mv static oxaliq/.
-      - scp -r oxaliq deploy@turtle.hup.is:~/
-      - ssh deploy@turtle.hup.is 'sudo rm -rf /srv/oxaliq || true && sudo mv oxaliq /srv/. && sudo systemctl restart sorreldotdev.service'
-    when:
-      # Only try to deploy if previous step is successful
-      status: success
diff --git a/.woodpecker/build-and-deploy.yml b/.woodpecker/build-and-deploy.yml
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index 0000000..1fddf73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker/build-and-deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+when:
+  branch:
+    include: [ main ]
+
+steps:
+
+  build:
+    image: debian:bookworm-slim
+    commands:
+      - apt update
+      - apt -yq install racket ca-certificates
+      - yes Y | raco pkg install --no-docs csv-reading
+      - raco exe sorrel.dev.rkt
+      - raco distribute dist sorrel.dev
+
+  deploy:
+    image: alpine:latest
+    secrets:
+      - deploy_ssh_key
+    commands:
+      - echo "SETTING UP SSH"
+      - apk add openssh-client
+      - mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh
+      - ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 turtle.hup.is >> $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
+      - echo "$DEPLOY_SSH_KEY" > $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519
+      - chmod 0600 $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519
+      - echo "SSH SETUP DONE"
+      - echo "RUNNING DEPLOY SCRIPT"
+      - ./.woodpecker/deploy.sh
+    when:
+      # Only try to deploy if previous step is successful
+      status: success
diff --git a/.woodpecker/deploy.sh b/.woodpecker/deploy.sh
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index 0000000..89bd312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# hello variables
+host=deploy@turtle.hup.is
+
+# organize the files
+echo "ORGANIZING THE FILES NICELY"
+mkdir oxaliq
+mv dist oxaliq/.
+mv source oxaliq/.
+mv static oxaliq/.
+
+# put them on the deployment target
+echo "COPYING FILES TO DEPLOYMENT TARGET"
+scp -r oxaliq "$host":~/
+
+# do everything on the server that's necessary to run the new thing
+# TODO make this not remove the old-working version until
+# the new version is confirmed working
+echo "SETTING OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS"
+ssh $host 'sudo chown -R sorreldotdev:sorreldotdev oxaliq/'
+ssh $host 'sudo chmod -R 755 oxaliq/'
+
+echo "REPLACING PREVIOUS DEPLOYMENT"
+ssh $host 'sudo rm -rf /srv/oxaliq || true'
+ssh $host 'sudo mv oxaliq /srv/.'
+
+echo "RESTARTING SERVICE"
+ssh $host 'sudo systemctl restart sorreldotdev.service'
+
+echo "SUCCESS!"
+exit 0