diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index a72e404..c125818 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ steps:
   # skip key checking
   - echo "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config
   - cat ~/.ssh/config
-  - ssh gemini@period3.xyz "git clone $REPO"
+  - ssh gemini@period3.xyz "chmod +x deploy.sh && bash deploy.sh $REPO"
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index cfa980b..d50fc41 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-site=period3.xyz
-gemini=/home/gemini/gemini
-dest="$gemini/content"
-
-# remove existing files
-sudo rm -rv $dest
-
-# copy received files to hosting location
-sudo mv $site $dest
-sudo chown -R gemini:gemini $dest
-
-# delete self
-rm -v deploy.sh
-
-printf "\ndone!\n"
-
-
+repo="$1"
+deploypath="$HOME/gemini/content"
+sourcepath="content"
 
+[[ -d $deploypath ]] && rm -r $deploypath
+cp -r $sourcepath $deploypath