diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 1fa5be8..b2bde02 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -18,16 +18,31 @@ jobs:
           key:      ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
           port:     ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
           script: |
-            cd /var/www/vhosts/witstore.wende.it/httpdocs
-            git remote set-url origin https://marco:${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN }}@git.wende.it/marco/WitShop.git
-            git fetch origin DEV
-            git reset --hard origin/DEV
+            set -e
+            DEPLOY_PATH="/var/www/vhosts/witstore.wende.it/httpdocs"
+            GIT_URL="https://marco:${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN }}@git.wende.it/marco/WitShop.git"
+
+            if [ ! -d "$DEPLOY_PATH/.git" ]; then
+              echo "==> Erstmalig klonen"
+              git clone -b DEV "$GIT_URL" "$DEPLOY_PATH"
+            else
+              echo "==> Code aktualisieren"
+              cd "$DEPLOY_PATH"
+              git remote set-url origin "$GIT_URL"
+              git fetch origin DEV
+              git reset --hard origin/DEV
+            fi
+
+            cd "$DEPLOY_PATH"
+
             /opt/plesk/php/8.4/bin/php -d open_basedir="" /usr/local/psa/var/modules/composer/composer.phar install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
             /opt/plesk/php/8.4/bin/php -d open_basedir="" artisan migrate --force
             /opt/plesk/php/8.4/bin/php -d open_basedir="" artisan config:cache
             /opt/plesk/php/8.4/bin/php -d open_basedir="" artisan route:cache
             /opt/plesk/php/8.4/bin/php -d open_basedir="" artisan view:cache
+
             export PATH="$HOME/.nodenv/versions/24/bin:$HOME/.nodenv/shims:$HOME/.nodenv/bin:$PATH"
             npm ci
             npm run build
+
             echo "Deployment abgeschlossen: $(date)"