diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 182608a..aa486ef 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -94,12 +94,29 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare deploy package
         working-directory: /tmp/volunteer-deploy
         run: |
-          rm -rf deploy-pkg && mkdir -p deploy-pkg/app
-          cp -r src/client/dist deploy-pkg/app/client/dist
-          cp -r src/server/dist deploy-pkg/app/server/dist
-          cp -r src/server/node_modules deploy-pkg/app/server/node_modules
-          mkdir -p deploy-pkg/app/server/src/db
+          set -e
+          echo "--- verify build artifacts exist ---"
+          ls -la src/client/dist >/dev/null 2>&1 || (echo "ERROR: src/client/dist missing, client build failed"; ls -la src/client; exit 1)
+          ls -la src/server/dist >/dev/null 2>&1 || (echo "ERROR: src/server/dist missing, server build failed"; ls -la src/server; exit 1)
+          ls -la src/server/node_modules >/dev/null 2>&1 || (echo "ERROR: src/server/node_modules missing"; exit 1)
+          echo
+          echo "--- prepare deploy-pkg directory tree ---"
+          rm -rf deploy-pkg
+          mkdir -p deploy-pkg/app/client/dist \
+                   deploy-pkg/app/server/dist \
+                   deploy-pkg/app/server/node_modules \
+                   deploy-pkg/app/server/src/db
+          echo
+          echo "--- copy files ---"
+          cp -r src/client/dist/. deploy-pkg/app/client/dist/
+          cp -r src/server/dist/. deploy-pkg/app/server/dist/
+          cp -r src/server/node_modules/. deploy-pkg/app/server/node_modules/
           cp src/server/src/db/schema.sql deploy-pkg/app/server/src/db/schema.sql
+          echo
+          echo "--- result tree ---"
+          find deploy-pkg -maxdepth 5 -type d | sort
+          echo
+          echo "--- generate docker-compose.yml ---"
           cat > deploy-pkg/docker-compose.yml <<'EOF'
           services:
             volunteer:
@@ -118,6 +135,9 @@ jobs:
                 - /opt/volunteer/data:/app/server/data
                 - /opt/volunteer/app:/app:ro
           EOF
+          echo
+          echo "compose file:"
+          cat deploy-pkg/docker-compose.yml
 
       - name: Prepare SSH key
         env: