diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/hugo_site_deployment.yml b/.gitea/workflows/hugo_site_deployment.yml
index 8604f34..f627ac9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/hugo_site_deployment.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/hugo_site_deployment.yml
@@ -1,24 +1,41 @@
-name: Hugo site deploy & publish
+name: Deploy Hugo Site
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  deploy-website:
+  deploy-hugo-site:
+    name: Build and Deploy to Server
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Do a git checkout including submodules
+      - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Hugo
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v3
         with:
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Generate and deploy website
-        uses: ronvanderheijden/hugo-rsync-deployment@master
-        env:
-          VPS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.HUGO_DEPLOY_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          VPS_DEPLOY_USER: ${{ secrets.HUGO_DEPLOY_USERNAME }}
-          VPS_DEPLOY_HOST: 192.168.1.254
-          VPS_DEPLOY_DEST: ${{ secrets.HUGO_SITE_LOCATION }}
+          hugo-version: "latest"
+          extended: true
+
+      - name: Build Hugo Site
+        run: hugo --minify
+
+      - name: Deploy to Server via SSH
+        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.7
         with:
-          hugo-arguments: '--source=. --configDir=config/ -e production'
-          rsync-arguments: '--archive --compress --xattrs --dry-run'
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+          host: ${{ secrets.HUGO_SITE_HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.SERVER_USER }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          source: "public/"
+          target: "${{ secrets.HUGO_SITE_LOCATION }}/"
+
+      - name: Restart Hugo Container (Optional)
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.HUGO_SITE_HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.HUGO_DEPLOY_USERNAME }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.HUGO_DEPLOY_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          script: |
+            docker restart hugo
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0299c7e..f8c1755 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
-# ---> Hugo
-# Generated files by hugo
+# Hugo build output
 /public/
-/resources/_gen/
-/assets/jsconfig.json
-hugo_stats.json
+/resources/
 
-# Executable may be added to repository
+# Hugo cache and lock files
+.hugo_build.lock
+.hugo_build.cache/
+
+# OS-generated files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Editor/IDE files
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.iml
+
+# Temporary files
+*.tmp
+*.log
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*.bak
+
+# Hugo executable binaries (if manually downloaded)
 hugo.exe
 hugo.darwin
 hugo.linux
-
-# Temporary lock file while building
-/.hugo_build.lock
-