diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yaml
index 4306c83..c8157e1 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yaml
@@ -62,73 +62,48 @@ jobs:
       #   PORTAINER_ENDPOINT_ID  Numeric endpoint ID (usually 1)
       #   PORTAINER_STACK_ID     Numeric stack ID to delete before recreating
       # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-      - name: Redeploy stack on Portainer
+      - name: Redeploy stack on Portainer via SSH
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.deploy == true
         env:
-          PORTAINER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PORTAINER_TOKEN }}
-          PORTAINER_ENDPOINT_ID: ${{ secrets.PORTAINER_ENDPOINT_ID }}
-          PORTAINER_STACK_ID: ${{ secrets.PORTAINER_STACK_ID }}
+          NAS_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.NAS_SSH_KEY }}
+          NAS_HOST: ${{ secrets.NAS_HOST }}
+          NAS_USER: ${{ secrets.NAS_USER }}
+          STACK_NAME: davidaragon-portfolio
+          COMPOSE_FILE: docker-compose.prod.yml
         run: |
-          # Portainer, Gitea and the runners all share the `portainer_default`
-          # Docker network on the NAS, so the service name "portainer" resolves
-          # directly from the job container on port 9000.
-          PORTAINER_URL="http://portainer:9000"
-          echo "Using PORTAINER_URL=$PORTAINER_URL"
-          if ! curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 5 \
-              "${PORTAINER_URL}/api/status" | grep -q '^200$'; then
-            echo "ERROR: Portainer not reachable at $PORTAINER_URL" >&2
+          # The act_runner job container can't reach 'portainer' because it
+          # doesn't share the runner's network namespace in v0.6.1. We work
+          # around this by SSHing into the NAS (where Portainer is) and
+          # using the docker CLI directly to do `docker stack deploy`.
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "$NAS_SSH_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+
+          echo "--- Pre-flight: ensure NAS is reachable ---"
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 \
+              "$NAS_USER@$NAS_HOST" 'hostname && docker version --format "{{.Server.Version}}"' \
+              | head
+
+          echo "--- Reading docker-compose.prod.yml from the repo ---"
+          if [ ! -f "$COMPOSE_FILE" ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: $COMPOSE_FILE not found in repo root" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          echo "--- Step 1: pre-flight (delete existing stack if present) ---"
-          DELETE_HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o /tmp/portainer-delete.json -w '%{http_code}' \
-            -X DELETE \
-            -H "X-API-Key: ${PORT...EN}" \
-            "${PORTAINER_URL}/api/stacks/${PORTAINER_STACK_ID}?endpointId=${PORTAINER_ENDPOINT_ID}")
-          echo "DELETE HTTP ${DELETE_HTTP_CODE}"
-          if [ "${DELETE_HTTP_CODE}" != "204" ] && [ "${DELETE_HTTP_CODE}" != "404" ]; then
-            echo "ERROR: Portainer rejected DELETE on stack ${PORTAINER_STACK_ID}:" >&2
-            cat /tmp/portainer-delete.json >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
+          echo "--- Redeploying stack '$STACK_NAME' on the NAS ---"
+          # The NAS has Portainer and docker compose (v2) available. We stream
+          # the compose file over SSH and let docker compose recreate the
+          # project. We pin the project name to 'davidaragon-portfolio' so the
+          # volumes and networks of the existing stack are reused.
+          cat "$COMPOSE_FILE" | ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+              "$NAS_USER@$NAS_HOST" \
+              "export PATH=/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/container-station/usr/bin:\$PATH; cd /tmp && docker compose -p '$STACK_NAME' -f - up -d"
 
-          echo "--- Step 2: read docker-compose.prod.yml ---"
-          if [ ! -f docker-compose.prod.yml ]; then
-            echo "ERROR: docker-compose.prod.yml is missing from the repo root" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          # Inline the compose file. Portainer expects `composeFileContent` as raw text.
-          COMPOSE_BODY=$(jq -Rs --arg compose "$(cat docker-compose.prod.yml)" \
-            '{composeFileContent: $compose, env: []}' < /dev/null)
+          echo "--- Stack '$STACK_NAME' redeployed. Smoke-test: ---"
+          sleep 5
+          curl -sS -o /dev/null -w 'http://localhost:3001/ -> HTTP=%{http_code}\n' \
+              --max-time 5 http://localhost:3001/ || true
 
-          echo "--- Step 3: create fresh stack from docker-compose.prod.yml ---"
-          CREATE_HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o /tmp/portainer-create.json -w '%{http_code}' \
-            -X POST \
-            -H "X-API-Key: ${PORTAINER_TOKEN}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            --data "${COMPOSE_BODY}" \
-            "${PORTAINER_URL}/api/stacks?endpointId=${PORTAINER_ENDPOINT_ID}&type=2&method=string&name=davidaragon-portfolio")
-          echo "CREATE HTTP ${CREATE_HTTP_CODE}"
-          if [ "${CREATE_HTTP_CODE}" != 201 ]; then
-            echo "ERROR: Portainer rejected stack creation:" >&2
-            cat /tmp/portainer-create.json >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          echo "--- Step 4: smoke-test the freshly deployed stack ---"
-          # Give the container a brief window to start before checking.
-          sleep 8
-          # The Portainer host:9000 is reachable from the job container
-          # (we just proved that with the auto-discovery step above). The
-          # portfolio container itself is published on host port 3001, so
-          # smoke-test through the same host. We don't fail the job if the
-          # proxy upstream isn't reachable from the runner's network.
-          HEALTH=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' \
-            --max-time 5 \
-            "${PORTAINER_URL%:[0-9]*}:3001/" 2>/dev/null || true)
-          echo "Health check on ${PORTAINER_URL%:[0-9]*}:3001/ returned: ${HEALTH:-<timeout/unreachable>}"
-          # We log but don't fail the job if 3001 isn't reachable — the upstream
-          # proxy (Nginx Proxy Manager → davidaragon.impresion3d.pro) is a better
-          # place to wire a hard-fail check in a future iteration.
-
-          echo "--- Stack recreated successfully. ---"
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+          echo "--- Done ---"
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