diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
index 0fa53d2..629f14c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch CI template via Gitea API
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          set -eo pipefail
           resp=$(curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
             "$GITEA_API/repos/osc/skins-template/contents/$TEMPLATE_PATH?ref=main")
           template_b64=$(echo "$resp" | jq -r .content)
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch valid user repositories
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          set -eo pipefail
           page=1
           per_page=50
           valid_repos_file=$(mktemp)
@@ -76,34 +74,25 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "VALID_REPOS_FILE=$valid_repos_file" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Update CI via Gitea API (with debug)
+      - name: Update CI via Gitea API
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          set -euxo pipefail
+          set -eo pipefail
           mapfile -t repos < "$VALID_REPOS_FILE"
           for repo_full in "${repos[@]}"; do
             owner=${repo_full%%/*}
             repo=${repo_full##*/}
             api="$GITEA_API/repos/$owner/$repo"
 
-            echo "Processing $owner/$repo"
             default_branch=$(curl -sSL --fail -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
                               "$api" | jq -r '.default_branch')
-            echo "Default branch: $default_branch"
 
             latest_tag=$(curl -sSL --fail -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
                          "$api/tags" | jq -r '.[0].name // empty')
-            echo "Latest tag: '$latest_tag'"
 
-            if [[ -z "$latest_tag" ]]; then
-              echo "No tags found, skipping deletion"
-            elif [[ "$latest_tag" == "v1.0.0" ]]; then
-              echo "Skipping deletion for protected tag v1.0.0"
-            else
-              echo "Deleting tag '$latest_tag'"
-              delete_response=$(curl -sSL -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-                                 "$api/tags/$latest_tag" -w "%{http_code}" -o /dev/null) || delete_response=error
-              echo "Delete response code: $delete_response"
+            if [[ -n "$latest_tag" && "$latest_tag" != "v1.0.0" ]]; then
+              curl -sSL -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+                   "$api/tags/$latest_tag" || true
             fi
 
             url="$api/contents/$TEMPLATE_PATH"