diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 17e31a7..ecaac2e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Smoke test
         run: |
           sleep 15
-          HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sSL -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 30 https://p2pwiki.jeffemmett.com/ 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+          HTTP_CODE=$(ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key root@${{ secrets.DEPLOY_HOST }} \
+            "curl -sSL -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 30 https://p2pwiki.jeffemmett.com/ 2>/dev/null || echo 000")
           if [ "$HTTP_CODE" -lt 200 ] || [ "$HTTP_CODE" -ge 400 ]; then
             echo "Smoke test failed (HTTP $HTTP_CODE) — rolling back"
             ROLLBACK_TAG=$(ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key root@${{ secrets.DEPLOY_HOST }} "cat /opt/apps/p2pwiki-content/.rollback-tag 2>/dev/null")