diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ru-vps.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ru-vps.yml
index 1765c12..4cfb03e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ru-vps.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ru-vps.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       stack:
         description: "Stack to deploy (leave empty to reconcile all)"
         required: false
+        
   push:
     paths:
       - '.gitea/workflows/deploy-ru-vps.yml'
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 7aecb6c..a2a9678 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -61,19 +61,24 @@ for dir in $dirs; do
 
   docker compose config --quiet
 
+  # Remove containers whose container_name matches this stack but belong to a different project.
+  # docker compose down won't touch them because they carry no matching project labels.
+  while IFS= read -r cname; do
+    [ -z "$cname" ] && continue
+    existing="$(docker ps -aq --filter "name=^/${cname}$" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    [ -z "$existing" ] && continue
+    owner="$(docker inspect --format '{{index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project.working_dir"}}' "$existing" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ "$owner" != "$(pwd)" ]; then
+      echo "==> Removing conflicting container $cname (owner: ${owner:-none})"
+      docker rm -f "$existing"
+    fi
+  done < <(docker compose config 2>/dev/null | awk '/^[[:space:]]+container_name:/{gsub(/["'"'"']/, "", $2); print $2}')
+
   if grep -qE '^[[:space:]]*build:' docker-compose.yml; then
-    docker compose up -d --build --remove-orphans || {
-      echo "==> up --build failed, tearing down and retrying"
-      docker compose down --remove-orphans 2>/dev/null || true
-      docker compose up -d --build --remove-orphans
-    }
+    docker compose up -d --build --remove-orphans
   else
     docker compose pull
-    docker compose up -d --remove-orphans || {
-      echo "==> up failed, tearing down and retrying"
-      docker compose down --remove-orphans 2>/dev/null || true
-      docker compose up -d --remove-orphans
-    }
+    docker compose up -d --remove-orphans
   fi
 
   # Health check: give containers a moment, then fail on crashed services