diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 24b38b5..4ae8e75 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: "check is REGISTRY_TOKEN exists"
+        env:
+            super_secret: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+        if: ${{ env.super_secret == '' }}
+        run: 'echo "echo the secret \"REGISTRY_TOKEN\" has not been made; echo please go to \"settings \> secrets \> actions\" to create it"
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: git.letsstein.de
-          username: ${{ gitea.actor }}
+          username: jenkins
           password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker