diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index aa6a95fb..c2e10a50 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
             if [ -n "${STAGE}" ] && [ -d "${STAGE}" ]; then
               git -C "${LIVE}" worktree remove --force "${STAGE}" 2>/dev/null || rm -rf "${STAGE}" || true
             fi
-            sudo systemctl start atom-nexst.service || true
+            pm2 start next || true
             exit 1
           }
           trap 'error_handler $LINENO' ERR
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Cutover: stop service (free DB connections), migrate, swap .next..."
           CUTOVER_STARTED=1
-          sudo systemctl stop atom-nexst.service || true
-          pkill -f 'next-server' || true
+          pm2 stop next || true
+          sleep 2
           # Give MariaDB a moment to reclaim the live pool.
           sleep 2
 
@@ -372,12 +372,13 @@ jobs:
 
           sudo chown -R www-data:www-data "${LIVE}"
 
-          echo "Starting systemd service..."
-          sudo systemctl start atom-nexst.service
+          echo "Starting PM2..."
+          pm2 start next --update-env || pm2 restart next --update-env
 
-          sleep 2
-          if ! systemctl is-active --quiet atom-nexst.service; then
-            echo "ERROR: atom-nexst.service failed to start!" >&2
+          sleep 3
+          if ! pm2 show next 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'online'; then
+            echo "ERROR: PM2 next failed to start!" >&2
+            pm2 logs next --lines 20 --nostream >&2 || true
             exit 1
           fi
 
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ "${HEALTH_OK}" != "1" ]; then
             echo "ERROR: Health check failed after deploy (${HEALTH_URL})" >&2
             echo "Last body: ${BODY:-<empty>}" >&2
-            journalctl -u atom-nexst.service -n 40 --no-pager >&2 || true
+            pm2 logs next --lines 40 --nostream >&2 || true
             exit 1
           fi
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 037c6357..182f7fbe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 node_modules/
 .turbo/
 .next/
+.next.prev/
 next-env.d.ts
 .env
 *.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/.next.prev/cache/.previewinfo b/.next.prev/cache/.previewinfo
index a7cc01f0..c138d9be 100644
--- a/.next.prev/cache/.previewinfo
+++ b/.next.prev/cache/.previewinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
+{"previewModeId":"9d3cdf6ac236161a86749c4bf39c3b96","previewModeSigningKey":"61361b2c54874ae756a6d5a022fb4155d75084adfce892918df9a6b3c533a896","previewModeEncryptionKey":"73208b7c131910e75d344ff7ea98d3d28de71f2613b7d063c6f31550f0d939af","expireAt":1786035096997}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.next.prev/cache/.rscinfo b/.next.prev/cache/.rscinfo
index 8f6b89c6..0fc6220b 100644
--- a/.next.prev/cache/.rscinfo
+++ b/.next.prev/cache/.rscinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"encryption.key":"VE1NjtT2PP/NDSoKkOsGd7s65nHwkz01xw2rcnEK+ks=","encryption.expire_at":1786034301798}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"encryption.key":"2jI+IYNtUDV/7mrRhb7odaXpvSnAoHqbaeBjBIZ+uKQ=","encryption.expire_at":1786035096993}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.next.prev/cache/fetch-cache/89948b114034f352519754480126527f7fcfe968330cab2225a73e0993cf5e1c b/.next.prev/cache/fetch-cache/89948b114034f352519754480126527f7fcfe968330cab2225a73e0993cf5e1c
deleted file mode 100644
index 436da04b..00000000
--- a/.next.prev/cache/fetch-cache/89948b114034f352519754480126527f7fcfe968330cab2225a73e0993cf5e1c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
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index 49f36475..21b238f5 100644
--- a/.next.prev/diagnostics/build-diagnostics.json
+++ b/.next.prev/diagnostics/build-diagnostics.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "buildStage": "compile",
+  "buildStage": "static-generation",
   "buildOptions": {
     "useBuildWorker": "true"
   }
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