diff --git a/deploy.php b/deploy.php
index 26005d2..a2e89d6 100644
--- a/deploy.php
+++ b/deploy.php
@@ -69,6 +69,24 @@ $rsyncOptions = [
     'timeout' => 300,
 ];
 
+// The provider's rsync (3.5.0) fails to chdir into a destination whose path traverses
+// symlinks, which /home/www/p704161 does: `change_dir#1 ... Too many levels of symbolic
+// links (40)`. Verified: the same directory rsyncs fine when addressed relative to $HOME.
+// Only contrib/rsync.php hands a path to rsync; every other task goes through the SSH
+// shell, which resolves the absolute path without trouble, so deploy_path stays absolute.
+set('remote_home', '/home/www/p704161');
+
+set('rsync_dest', function () {
+    $releasePath = get('release_path');
+    $home = rtrim(get('remote_home'), '/').'/';
+
+    if (!str_starts_with($releasePath, $home)) {
+        return $releasePath;
+    }
+
+    return substr($releasePath, strlen($home));
+});
+
 host('prod')
     ->setHostname('185.243.135.29')
     ->setRemoteUser('p704161')