diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index 20fdf3b..0d87887 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@
     - name: stop existing streamlit process
       ansible.builtin.shell:
         cmd: pkill -f "streamlit run Home.py" || true
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: sync motions.db to server
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: ../data/motions.db
+        dest: /home/webapps/motief/data/motions.db
+        mode: '0644'
 
     - name: start streamlit
       ansible.builtin.shell: