diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 0edf68a..87d3415 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 services:
   ksan-dev:
-    # Built and pushed by CI; deployed by tag, never by :latest, so a rollback
-    # is a re-run of `up -d` with an older tag instead of a rebuild.
+    # Normally built and pushed by CI; deployed by tag, never by :latest, so a
+    # rollback is a re-run of `up -d` with an older tag instead of a rebuild.
     image: ${IMAGE_NAME:-git.ksan.dev/ksan/ksan.dev}:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
+    # TEMPORARY — while the Gitea workflows sit at .disabled, nothing builds or
+    # pushes an image, so the VPS builds from its own checkout instead:
+    #
+    #   git pull && docker compose up -d --build
+    #
+    # PLANS_PAGES must be in the VPS .env for this to work; it is a build arg
+    # (the codes are baked in via generateStaticParams), not a runtime var.
+    # Remove this block when CI is re-enabled — a registry image is the only
+    # thing `deploy.sh` and `rollback.sh` can deploy by tag.
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        PLANS_PAGES: ${PLANS_PAGES}
     container_name: ksan-dev
     restart: unless-stopped
     env_file: