diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-hectic-lab.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-hectic-lab.yaml
index c26bc774..920dd4fd 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-hectic-lab.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-hectic-lab.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod 600 "$ssh_home/.ssh/id_ed25519" "$ssh_home/.ssh/known_hosts"
           printf '%s\n' \
             'Host hectic-lab' \
-            '  HostName hectic-lab' \
+            '  HostName 128.140.75.58' \
             '  User root' \
             "  IdentityFile $ssh_home/.ssh/id_ed25519" \
             '  IdentitiesOnly yes' \
diff --git a/nixos/system/hectic-lab/hectic-lab.nix b/nixos/system/hectic-lab/hectic-lab.nix
index 453f1bd9..526a5ab0 100644
--- a/nixos/system/hectic-lab/hectic-lab.nix
+++ b/nixos/system/hectic-lab/hectic-lab.nix
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ in {
     "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIE/EhBI6sJb2yHbTkqhZiCzUrsLE6t+CZe7RhS22z7w5 nrv@adamantia"
     # github workflow
     "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKPEUArBxu7NUULT7Pi8ArtVxY1uVbIBSaeRKtqz1sz1"
+    # gitea workflow
+    "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIAogEr5boewtUrOeOqI96y/7FWR03vdbGW93Nj01tiIS gitea-actions-hectic-lab-deploy"
   ];
 
   users.users.ds4d = { # NOTE(nrv): artishoque