diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-cd-server.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-cd-server.yaml
index cad7f14..ac0ed3e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-cd-server.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-cd-server.yaml
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ jobs:
             sudo chown deploy:docker "$DEPLOY_DIR"
 
             echo "[deploy] Syncing code to $DEPLOY_DIR"
-            sudo -u deploy rsync -avz --delete \
+            sudo rsync -avz --delete \ 
               --exclude='.git' \
               --exclude='__pycache__' \
               --exclude='*.pyc' \
               --exclude='.env' \
               ./workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/CD_server/ "$DEPLOY_DIR/"
 
+            sudo chown -R deploy:docker "$DEPLOY_DIR"
+
             echo "[deploy] Building CD server Docker image"
             sudo -u deploy docker compose -f "$DEPLOY_DIR/docker-compose.yml" build --no-cache