diff --git a/hooks/deploy.sh b/hooks/deploy.sh
index a4ffd5f..78cec00 100755
--- a/hooks/deploy.sh
+++ b/hooks/deploy.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 REPO_DIR="/repo"
 BRANCH="${DEPLOY_BRANCH:-main}"
+HTTPS_URL="${DEPLOY_GIT_URL:-https://gitea.schwenk.online/froxxxy/playground.git}"
 
 if [ ! -d "${REPO_DIR}/.git" ]; then
   echo "Error: ${REPO_DIR} is not a git repository"
@@ -11,16 +12,17 @@ fi
 
 cd "${REPO_DIR}"
 
-# Container has no writable $HOME — avoid git config --global (//.gitconfig)
+# Container has no ssh client and no writable $HOME for git config --global
 git_cmd() {
   git -c "safe.directory=${REPO_DIR}" "$@"
 }
 
 if [ -n "${DEPLOY_GIT_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-  auth_url="https://oauth2:${DEPLOY_GIT_TOKEN}@gitea.schwenk.online/froxxxy/playground.git"
-  git_cmd pull "${auth_url}" "${BRANCH}"
+  pull_url="https://oauth2:${DEPLOY_GIT_TOKEN}@gitea.schwenk.online/froxxxy/playground.git"
 else
-  git_cmd pull origin "${BRANCH}"
+  pull_url="${HTTPS_URL}"
 fi
 
+git_cmd pull "${pull_url}" "${BRANCH}"
+
 echo "Deploy pull completed for ${BRANCH}"