diff --git a/deploy_static b/deploy_static
index 03d29071..0db5cc3a 100755
--- a/deploy_static
+++ b/deploy_static
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -o errexit
 
-remote=root@grapheneos.org
+remote=www-data@grapheneos.org
 current=$(ssh $remote readlink /var/www/html)
 
 if [[ $current = html_a ]]; then