diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/publish.yml b/.gitea/workflows/publish.yml
index 07b8168..8943e8d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       # ------------------------------------------------------------
       - name: Checkout website repo
         run: git clone https://code.akshaykolli.net/lepton/website
-
+            
       # ------------------------------------------------------------
       # 2. Start an SSH agent and load the private key from secrets
       # ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
           chmod 400 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
           ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
           shasum -a 256 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+          apt install ping
+          ping gitea
       # ------------------------------------------------------------
       # 3. Trust the Gitea host key (port 222)
       # ------------------------------------------------------------