diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index 0d87887..9f1da05 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
       ignore_errors: yes
 
     - name: sync motions.db to server
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
+      ansible.builtin.synchronize:
         src: ../data/motions.db
         dest: /home/webapps/motief/data/motions.db
-        mode: '0644'
+        checksum: yes
 
     - name: start streamlit
       ansible.builtin.shell: