diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/mirror.yml b/.gitea/workflows/mirror.yml
index f383d30..c190bfe 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/mirror.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/mirror.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           CENTER_ORG="center_dev"
           AUTH_HEADER="Authorization: token ${BASE_GITEA_TOKEN}"
           SOURCE_SSH_HOST="engdev@172.16.42.118"
+          ROOT_DIR="$(pwd)"
 
           set_default_branch_main() {
             local repo_name="$1"
@@ -136,43 +137,44 @@ jobs:
             echo "Working directory: ${CLONE_DIR}"
 
             if ${repo_exists}; then
-              echo "Cloning existing target repository for update..."
-              if ! git clone --mirror "${GITEA_REMOTE}" "${CLONE_DIR}"; then
+              echo "Cloning existing target repository for update (bare)..."
+              if ! git clone --bare "${GITEA_REMOTE}" "${CLONE_DIR}"; then
                 echo "::error::Failed to clone existing target repository ${GITEA_REMOTE}"
                 rm -rf "${CLONE_DIR}"
                 return
               fi
               cd "${CLONE_DIR}"
               git remote add source "${source_repo_url}"
-              echo "Fetching latest branch '${branch_name}' from source..."
-              if ! git fetch source "+refs/heads/${branch_name}:refs/heads/${branch_name}"; then
-                echo "::error::Failed to fetch branch '${branch_name}' from source repo"
-                cd ..
-                rm -rf "${CLONE_DIR}"
-                return
-              fi
             else
-              echo "Cloning source repository for first-time push..."
-              if ! git clone --mirror "${source_repo_url}" "${CLONE_DIR}"; then
+              echo "Cloning source repository for first-time push (bare)..."
+              if ! git clone --bare "${source_repo_url}" "${CLONE_DIR}"; then
                 echo "::error::Failed to clone source repository ${source_repo_url}"
                 rm -rf "${CLONE_DIR}"
                 return
               fi
               cd "${CLONE_DIR}"
+              git remote rename origin source
+              git remote add origin "${GITEA_REMOTE}"
             fi
 
-            git remote set-url origin "${GITEA_REMOTE}"
+            echo "Fetching latest branch '${branch_name}' from source..."
+            if ! git fetch source "+refs/heads/${branch_name}:refs/heads/${branch_name}"; then
+              echo "::error::Failed to fetch branch '${branch_name}' from source repo"
+              cd "${ROOT_DIR}"
+              rm -rf "${CLONE_DIR}"
+              return
+            fi
             
             echo "Pushing '${branch_name}' to Gitea repository '${repo_name}'..."
             if ! git push --force origin "refs/heads/${branch_name}:refs/heads/main"; then
               echo "::error::Failed to push branch '${branch_name}' to target repository"
-              cd ..
+              cd "${ROOT_DIR}"
               rm -rf "${CLONE_DIR}"
               return
             fi
 
             # Cleanup
-            cd ..
+            cd "${ROOT_DIR}"
             rm -rf "${CLONE_DIR}"
             
             echo "Successfully mirrored ${branch_name} to center_dev/${repo_name}"