diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 5b6b235..20ca716 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ jobs:
           # Stop and remove old containers to force recreate with new image.
           # External networks (gitea_gitea, nas-dashboard_internal) are preserved.
           docker compose -f /nas-dashboard/docker-compose.yml down 2>/dev/null || true
-          echo "Old containers stopped"
+          docker rm -f docker-socket-proxy nas-dashboard 2>/dev/null || true
+          echo "Old containers stopped and removed"
 
           # --pull never prevents overwriting the image we just built
           docker compose -f /nas-dashboard/docker-compose.yml up -d --pull never 2>&1 || true