diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
index dd7c0ee..977bf84 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
-          apt update
-          apt install zola
+          # oh sweet night this sucks
+          # but it appears the forgejo runner docker is debian
+          # and it doesn't package zola
+          wget https://github.com/barnumbirr/zola-debian/releases/download/v0.18.0-2/zola_0.18.0-2_amd64_bookworm.deb
+          dpkg -i ./zola_0.18.0-2_amd64_bookworm.deb
           zola build