diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 3291967..9d9d1e0 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ jobs:
           CHANGED=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD)
         
           if echo "$CHANGED" | grep -qE "(Dockerfile|requirements\.txt|docker-compose\.yml|\.gitea/workflows/deploy\.yaml)"; then
-            docker compose down
+            if [ "$(docker compose ps -q)" ]; then
+                docker compose down
+            fi            
             docker build -t git.crate.zip/crate/garfbot:latest .
             docker compose up -d
           else