diff --git a/ci/prod/scripts/deploy-db.sh b/ci/prod/scripts/deploy-db.sh
index 7d1886f..d74ec0e 100755
--- a/ci/prod/scripts/deploy-db.sh
+++ b/ci/prod/scripts/deploy-db.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-: "${REMOTE_DIR:?missing REMOTE_DIR}"
 : "${REMOTE_BASE:?missing REMOTE_BASE}"
 : "${DB_DIR:?missing DB_DIR}"
 : "${SSH_USER:?missing SSH_USER}"
 : "${SSH_HOST:?missing SSH_HOST}"
 
+REMOTE_DIR="${REMOTE_BASE%/}/${DB_DIR}"
 REMOTE_TARGET="${SSH_USER}@${SSH_HOST}"
-REMOTE_COMPOSE_DIR="${REMOTE_BASE}/${DB_DIR}"
+REMOTE_COMPOSE_DIR="${REMOTE_DIR}"
 
 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "$REMOTE_TARGET" "mkdir -p ${REMOTE_DIR}/{ops,vault/templates,backup,.woodpecker}" 
-rsync -avz --delete ci/prod/compose/ "$REMOTE_TARGET:${REMOTE_COMPOSE_DIR}/compose/"
+rsync -avz --delete ci/prod/compose/ "$REMOTE_TARGET:${REMOTE_DIR}/compose/"
 rsync -avz .woodpecker/ "$REMOTE_TARGET:${REMOTE_DIR}/.woodpecker/"
-rsync -avz ci/prod/.env.runtime "$REMOTE_TARGET:${REMOTE_COMPOSE_DIR}/env/.env.runtime"
-rsync -avz ci/prod/env/.env.lock.db "$REMOTE_TARGET:${REMOTE_COMPOSE_DIR}/env/.env.lock.db"
+rsync -avz ci/prod/.env.runtime "$REMOTE_TARGET:${REMOTE_DIR}/env/.env.runtime"
+rsync -avz ci/prod/env/.env.lock.db "$REMOTE_TARGET:${REMOTE_DIR}/env/.env.lock.db"
 scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no .env.lock "$REMOTE_TARGET:${REMOTE_DIR}/.env.lock"
-ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "$REMOTE_TARGET" <<'EOSSH'
+ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "$REMOTE_TARGET" <<EOSSH
   set -euo pipefail
   cd "${REMOTE_DIR}"
   docker compose -f .woodpecker/db.yml pull