diff --git a/deploy-static b/deploy-static
index 9f2e632..3f9f446 100755
--- a/deploy-static
+++ b/deploy-static
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ echo target is $target
 echo
 
 ssh $remote "rm -rf $target && cp -a $active $target"
-rsync -rpcv --chmod=D755,F644 --delete static-tmp/ $remote:$target
-ssh $remote "sync -f $target && ln -snf $target /srv/element.grapheneos.org && sync /srv/element.grapheneos.org"
+rsync -rpcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete static-tmp/ $remote:$target
+ssh $remote "ln -snf $target /srv/element.grapheneos.org && sync /srv/element.grapheneos.org"
 
 sed -i "s|/srv/element.grapheneos.org|$target|" nginx-tmp/nginx.conf
-rsync -rpcv --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/nginx.conf $remote:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-ssh $remote "sync -f /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && nginx -s reload"
+rsync -rpcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/nginx.conf $remote:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+ssh $remote nginx -s reload
 
 echo
 echo active is now $target