diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-remote.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-remote.yml
index 709f976..db4fea4 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-remote.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-remote.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "Deploying tag: $TAG"
 
             # Update .env file with the tag (if you're using env_file)
-            echo "IMAGE_TAG=$TAG" > .env
+            echo "IMAGE_TAG=$TAG" > .env.tag
 
             # Pull only the quantum-backend service (not 'app'!)
             docker compose pull quantum-backend