diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
index 89f1aa1..90202b6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
@@ -256,40 +256,25 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run smoke tests
         run: |
-          DOCKER="ssh nasts /volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker"
           echo "=== Running smoke tests via docker exec ==="
+          DOCKER="ssh nasts /volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker"
 
           # Test 1: Health check
           echo "1. Testing health endpoint..."
-          $DOCKER exec nas-dashboard-dev python3 -c "import urllib.request,json; d=json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:4000/api/health',timeout=5).read()); assert d['status']=='ok', f'unexpected: {d}'" && echo "✅ Health check passed" || { echo "❌ Health check failed"; $DOCKER logs nas-dashboard-dev --tail 50; exit 1; }
+          printf 'import urllib.request, json\nd = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(\"http://localhost:4000/api/health\", timeout=5).read())\nassert d.get(\"status\") == \"ok\"\n' | $DOCKER exec -i nas-dashboard-dev python3 && echo "✅ Health check passed" || { echo "❌ Health check failed"; $DOCKER logs nas-dashboard-dev --tail 50; exit 1; }
 
           # Test 2: Frontend loads
           echo "2. Testing frontend loads..."
-          $DOCKER exec nas-dashboard-dev python3 -c "import urllib.request; html=urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:4000/',timeout=5).read().decode(); assert 'NAS Dashboard' in html, f'missing NAS Dashboard'" && echo "✅ Frontend loads" || { echo "❌ Frontend failed to load"; exit 1; }
+          printf 'import urllib.request\nhtml = urllib.request.urlopen(\"http://localhost:4000/\", timeout=5).read().decode()\nassert \"NAS Dashboard\" in html\n' | $DOCKER exec -i nas-dashboard-dev python3 && echo "✅ Frontend loads" || { echo "❌ Frontend failed to load"; exit 1; }
 
           # Test 3: API endpoints require auth
           echo "3. Testing API endpoints require auth..."
-          $DOCKER exec nas-dashboard-dev python3 -c "
-          import urllib.request, json
-          try:
-              resp = urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:4000/api/conversations/dates', timeout=5)
-              data = resp.read().decode()
-              assert 'Not authenticated' in data or 'detail' in data, f'unexpected: {data[:200]}'
-          except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
-              assert e.code in (401, 403), f'expected 401/403, got {e.code}'
-          " && echo "✅ API requires auth" || { echo "❌ Auth check failed"; exit 1; }
+          printf 'import urllib.request, json\ntry:\n  resp = urllib.request.urlopen(\"http://localhost:4000/api/conversations/dates\", timeout=5)\n  data = resp.read().decode()\n  assert \"Not authenticated\" in data or \"detail\" in data\nexcept urllib.error.HTTPError as e:\n  assert e.code in (401, 403)\n' | $DOCKER exec -i nas-dashboard-dev python3 && echo "✅ API requires auth" || { echo "❌ Auth check failed"; exit 1; }
 
           # Test 4: Double /api/ prefix bug (non-failing)
           echo "4. Testing for double /api/ prefix bug..."
-          $DOCKER exec nas-dashboard-dev python3 -c "
-          import urllib.request
-          try:
-              urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:4000/api/api/conversations/dates', timeout=5)
-              print('WARNING: /api/api/ returned 200')
-          except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
-              assert e.code == 404, f'expected 404, got {e.code}'
-              print('OK: /api/api/ returned 404')
-          " && echo "✅ No double /api/ prefix bug" || echo "⚠️  Double API prefix warning"
+          printf 'import urllib.request\ntry:\n  urllib.request.urlopen(\"http://localhost:4000/api/api/conversations/dates\", timeout=5)\n  print(\"WARNING: /api/api/ returned 200\")\nexcept urllib.error.HTTPError as e:\n  assert e.code == 404\n  print(\"OK: /api/api/ returned 404\")\n' | $DOCKER exec -i nas-dashboard-dev python3 && echo "No double /api/ prefix bug" || echo "Warning: Double API prefix"
 
           echo ""
           echo "=== All smoke tests passed! ==="
+          echo "=== All smoke tests passed! ==="