diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index 98540c5..154d406 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -169,10 +169,15 @@ jobs:
             staging)    HOST=192.168.1.111 ;;
             production) HOST=192.168.1.101 ;;
           esac
+          # `-L` follows redirects and we assert on the FINAL code, because a 302 from `/`
+          # is a healthy answer for a site running in UnderConstruction mode -- it means the
+          # app is up and routing. Asserting a bare 200 failed jecreativ.ro's first
+          # production deploy for doing exactly what it was configured to do.
+          #
           # `|| CODE=000` for the same reason as above: curl exiting non-zero on a
           # connection failure must produce a reportable code, not kill the step before
           # it can say what went wrong. (`-s` without `-f` already tolerates 4xx/5xx.)
-          CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -m 20 "http://${HOST}:${WEB_PORT}/") || CODE=000
+          CODE=$(curl -sL -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -m 20 "http://${HOST}:${WEB_PORT}/") || CODE=000
           if [ "${CODE}" != "200" ]; then
             echo "::error::Home page returned ${CODE}."
             exit 1