diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
index 3d52daf..fba54ae 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
@@ -190,15 +190,10 @@ jobs:
 
   deploy-dev:
     name: Deploy to Dev
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: vps
     needs: [build-image-dev, frontend-tests]
     env:
       SECRET_KEY: test-secret-key-for-ci-environment-32chars-minimum
-    container:
-      volumes:
-        - /var/packages/ContainerManager/target/usr/bin/docker:/usr/bin/docker
-        - /var/packages/ContainerManager/target/usr/bin/docker-compose:/usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
-        - /volume1/docker/nas-dashboard:/volume1/docker/nas-dashboard
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         run: |
@@ -219,41 +214,44 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_DB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITEA_DB_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           set -u
-          export DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.43
+          DOCKER="ssh nasts /volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker"
+          COMPOSE="ssh nasts /volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker-compose"
+          NAS_VOL="/volume1/docker/nas-dashboard"
 
-          cd /volume1/docker/nas-dashboard
+          # Sync compose file to NAS
+          ssh nasts "mkdir -p $NAS_VOL"
+          scp dashboard/docker-compose.dev.yml "nasts:$NAS_VOL/docker-compose.dev.yml"
 
           # Stop existing container if running
-          docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p nas-dashboard-dev down || true
+          $COMPOSE -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p nas-dashboard-dev down 2>/dev/null || true
 
           # Ensure network exists (create only if it doesn't exist)
-          if ! docker network inspect nas-dashboard_internal >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            docker network create nas-dashboard_internal
+          if ! $DOCKER network inspect nas-dashboard_internal >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            $DOCKER network create nas-dashboard_internal
           fi
 
-          # Use environment variables directly in compose or via command injection
-          # For development, we can inject env vars into the compose run
-          GITEA_TOKEN=$GITEA_TOKEN SECRET_KEY=$SECRET_KEY \
-          docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p nas-dashboard-dev up -d --pull never 2>&1 || true
+          # Deploy
+          ssh nasts "cd $NAS_VOL && GITEA_TOKEN=$GITEA_TOKEN SECRET_KEY=$SECRET_KEY /volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p nas-dashboard-dev up -d --pull never" 2>&1 || true
 
-          if ! docker container inspect nas-dashboard-dev >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          if ! $DOCKER container inspect nas-dashboard-dev >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "Compose failed to create container..."
             exit 1
           fi
 
           # Connect networks after container is created (idempotent)
-          docker network connect nas-dashboard_internal nas-dashboard-dev 2>/dev/null || true
-          docker network connect gitea_gitea nas-dashboard-dev 2>/dev/null || true
+          $DOCKER network connect nas-dashboard_internal nas-dashboard-dev 2>/dev/null || true
+          $DOCKER network connect gitea_gitea nas-dashboard-dev 2>/dev/null || true
 
           # Verify both connections
           echo "=== Network connections ==="
-          docker inspect nas-dashboard-dev --format '{{json .NetworkSettings.Networks}}' | python3 -c 'import json,sys;nets=json.load(sys.stdin);[print(f"  Connected to {n}") for n in nets];assert "nas-dashboard_internal" in nets and "gitea_gitea" in nets, "Missing required network";print("All network connections established")'
+          $DOCKER inspect nas-dashboard-dev --format '{{json .NetworkSettings.Networks}}' | python3 -c 'import json,sys;nets=json.load(sys.stdin);[print(f"  Connected to {n}") for n in nets];assert "nas-dashboard_internal" in nets and "gitea_gitea" in nets, "Missing required network";print("All network connections established")'
 
       - name: Wait for container to be healthy
         run: |
+          DOCKER="ssh nasts /volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker"
           echo "Waiting for container to be healthy..."
           for i in {1..30}; do
-            STATUS=$(docker inspect --format='{{.State.Health.Status}}' nas-dashboard-dev 2>/dev/null || echo "starting")
+            STATUS=$($DOCKER inspect --format='{{.State.Health.Status}}' nas-dashboard-dev 2>/dev/null || echo "starting")
             if [ "$STATUS" = "healthy" ]; then
               echo "✅ Container is healthy"
               break
@@ -261,28 +259,29 @@ jobs:
             echo "Waiting... ($i/30) Status: $STATUS"
             sleep 2
           done
-          STATUS=$(docker inspect --format='{{.State.Health.Status}}' nas-dashboard-dev 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+          STATUS=$($DOCKER inspect --format='{{.State.Health.Status}}' nas-dashboard-dev 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
           if [ "$STATUS" != "healthy" ]; then
             echo "❌ Container failed to become healthy: $STATUS"
-            docker logs nas-dashboard-dev --tail 50
+            $DOCKER logs nas-dashboard-dev --tail 50
             exit 1
           fi
 
       - name: Run smoke tests
         run: |
+          DOCKER="ssh nasts /volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker"
           echo "=== Running smoke tests via docker exec ==="
 
           # 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; }
+          $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; }
 
           # 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; }
+          $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; }
 
           # Test 3: API endpoints require auth
           echo "3. Testing API endpoints require auth..."
-          docker exec nas-dashboard-dev python3 -c "
+          $DOCKER exec nas-dashboard-dev python3 -c "
           import urllib.request, json
           try:
               resp = urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:4000/api/conversations/dates', timeout=5)
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Test 4: Double /api/ prefix bug (non-failing)
           echo "4. Testing for double /api/ prefix bug..."
-          docker exec nas-dashboard-dev python3 -c "
+          $DOCKER exec nas-dashboard-dev python3 -c "
           import urllib.request
           try:
               urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:4000/api/api/conversations/dates', timeout=5)
@@ -304,7 +303,5 @@ jobs:
               print('OK: /api/api/ returned 404')
           " && echo "✅ No double /api/ prefix bug" || echo "⚠️  Double API prefix warning"
 
-          # Test 5: Container health already verified in previous step
-
           echo ""
           echo "=== All smoke tests passed! ==="