diff --git a/deploy.go b/deploy.go
index 5c61f49..a4d211f 100644
--- a/deploy.go
+++ b/deploy.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	remoteWindowSize          = 10
 	remoteIndent              = "   "
 	remoteLineColor           = "\033[96m"
+	localTimeColor            = "\033[92m"
 	remoteColorReset          = "\033[0m"
 )
 
@@ -194,16 +195,17 @@ func runDeploy() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := syncLocalDirectories(ctx.serverIP, ctx.serviceDir, []string{"pb_migrations", "pb_hooks", "pb_public"}); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("asset sync failed: %w", err)
+	dirs := []string{"pb_public", "pb_migrations", "pb_hooks"}
+	if err := syncLocalDirectories(ctx.serverIP, ctx.serviceDir, dirs); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to sync local directories: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := runSSHCommand(ctx.serverIP, systemdScript(ctx.unitServiceDir, ctx.unitEnvFile, ctx.serviceName)); err != nil {
+	if err := runSSHCommand(ctx.serverIP, systemdRestartScript(ctx.serviceName)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("systemd restart failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("\nDeployment complete; PocketBase should be reachable at https://%s\n", ctx.domain)
-	fmt.Printf("Total deployment time: %s\n", time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond))
+	fmt.Printf("Total deployment time: %s%s%s\n", localTimeColor, time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond), remoteColorReset)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -387,6 +389,12 @@ EOF
 `, serviceDir, serviceDir, serviceDir, envFile, serviceDir, serviceName, serviceName)
 }
 
+func systemdRestartScript(serviceName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`set -euo pipefail
+systemctl --no-block restart pb@%s
+`, serviceName)
+}
+
 func runSSHCommand(server, script string) error {
 	remoteCmd := fmt.Sprintf("bash --noprofile --norc -c %s", shellQuote(script))
 	cmd := exec.Command("ssh", append(sshArgs(server), remoteCmd)...)