diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index aa6ba08..b3e6205 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -3,68 +3,81 @@ kind: pipeline
 type: docker
 name: default
 
-# Platform specification for ARM64 runners
+# ARM64 platform (for your Pi runner)
 platform:
   os: linux
   arch: arm64
 
+# Mount host Docker socket so steps can use Docker CLI
+volumes:
+  - name: docker_sock
+    host:
+      path: /var/run/docker.sock
+
+workspace:
+  path: /drone/src
+
 steps:
-  # Step 1: Check if Docker image for current version already exists
+  # Step 1: Check if image for the latest tag exists locally
   - name: check-version
     image: docker:24
-    environment:
-      DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+    volumes:
+      - name: docker_sock
+        path: /var/run/docker.sock
     commands:
       - apk add --no-cache git
       - git fetch --tags
       - |
-        # Get the latest Git tag
         LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
         echo "Latest Git tag: $LATEST_TAG"
-  
-        # Check if Docker image exists
+
         if docker image inspect apps/homepage:$LATEST_TAG > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-          echo "Docker image apps/homepage:$LATEST_TAG already exists — skipping build"
-          exit 0
+          echo "✅ Docker image apps/homepage:$LATEST_TAG already exists — skipping build"
+          exit 78   # tells Drone to stop pipeline gracefully
         else
-          echo "Docker image apps/homepage:$LATEST_TAG not found — building..."
+          echo "⚙️  Docker image apps/homepage:$LATEST_TAG not found — proceeding to build..."
         fi
 
-  # Step 2: Build Docker image with dynamic Git tag
+  # Step 2: Build Docker image (dynamic tag)
   - name: build-image
     image: docker:24
-    environment:
-      DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+    volumes:
+      - name: docker_sock
+        path: /var/run/docker.sock
     commands:
-      - IMAGE_TAG=${DRONE_TAG:-latest}
-      - echo "Building Docker image apps/homepage:$IMAGE_TAG ..."
-      - docker build -t apps/homepage:$IMAGE_TAG .
+      - |
+        IMAGE_TAG=${DRONE_TAG:-latest}
+        echo "🔨 Building Docker image apps/homepage:$IMAGE_TAG ..."
+        docker build -t apps/homepage:$IMAGE_TAG .
 
-  # Step 3: Stop old container if exists
+  # Step 3: Stop old container (if exists)
   - name: stop-old
     image: docker:24
-    environment:
-      DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+    volumes:
+      - name: docker_sock
+        path: /var/run/docker.sock
     commands:
-      - IMAGE_TAG=${DRONE_TAG:-latest}
-      - echo "Stopping old container..."
-      - docker rm -f homepage || true
+      - |
+        echo "🛑 Stopping old container..."
+        docker rm -f homepage || true
 
-  # Step 4: Run container with dynamic tag
+  # Step 4: Run container
   - name: run-container
     image: docker:24
-    environment:
-      DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+    volumes:
+      - name: docker_sock
+        path: /var/run/docker.sock
     commands:
-      - IMAGE_TAG=${DRONE_TAG:-latest}
-      - echo "Starting container apps/homepage:$IMAGE_TAG ..."
-      - docker run -d \
+      - |
+        IMAGE_TAG=${DRONE_TAG:-latest}
+        echo "🚀 Starting container apps/homepage:$IMAGE_TAG ..."
+        docker run -d \
           --name homepage \
           -p 3001:3000 \
           -e NODE_ENV=production \
           apps/homepage:$IMAGE_TAG
 
-# Trigger pipeline on Git tags
+# Trigger rules
 trigger:
   event:
     - push