diff --git a/scripts/deploy_update.py b/scripts/deploy_update.py
index 80a715b..822f2cf 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy_update.py
+++ b/scripts/deploy_update.py
@@ -54,14 +54,16 @@ MARKER="__MARKER__"
 cd "$REMOTE"
 git remote set-url origin "$GIT"
 git fetch --depth=80 origin dev1
+# Force-align to origin/dev1 even if prior SFTP hotfixes left dirty trees
+git checkout -f -B dev1 origin/dev1
+git reset --hard origin/dev1
 git clean -fd \
   -e deploy/nomadro-api.env \
   -e backend/app/data/user_store.json \
   -e backend/app/data/social_store.json \
   -e backend/app/data/community_store.json \
+  -e backend/app/data/platform_store.json \
   -e .last_deploy_sha
-git checkout -B dev1 origin/dev1
-git reset --hard origin/dev1
 
 # Install / refresh systemd units
 install -m 644 "$REMOTE/deploy/systemd/nomadro-web.service" /etc/systemd/system/nomadro-web.service