diff --git a/deploy-company-linux/scripts/remote-deploy.sh b/deploy-company-linux/scripts/remote-deploy.sh
index b7a0dc9..7e887c4 100644
--- a/deploy-company-linux/scripts/remote-deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy-company-linux/scripts/remote-deploy.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ rollback_release() {
   fi
 
   local current_release previous_release current_mode previous_mode
-  current_release="$(readlink -f "$current_link" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  current_release=""
+  if [[ -L "$current_link" ]]; then
+    current_release="$(readlink -f "$current_link" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  fi
   previous_release="$(readlink -f "$previous_link")"
   current_mode=""
   if [[ -n "$current_release" && -f "${current_release}/.codex-deploy-mode" ]]; then
@@ -134,7 +137,10 @@ mkdir -p "$release_dir"
 tar -xzf "$archive" -C "$release_dir"
 printf '%s\n' "$mode" > "${release_dir}/.codex-deploy-mode"
 
-old_release="$(readlink -f "$current_link" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+old_release=""
+if [[ -L "$current_link" ]]; then
+  old_release="$(readlink -f "$current_link" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+fi
 old_mode=""
 if [[ -n "$old_release" ]]; then
   if [[ -f "${old_release}/.codex-deploy-mode" ]]; then