diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy-cloudflare.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy-cloudflare.yml
index b4968f6..c8242b0 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy-cloudflare.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy-cloudflare.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy website + worker
         env:
           CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN }}
+          CODEBERG_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEBERG_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ ! -f "./scripts/deploy-workers.sh" ]]; then
+            if [[ -z "${CODEBERG_TOKEN:-}" ]]; then
+              echo "error: workspace missing repo files and CODEBERG_TOKEN is not set"
+              exit 2
+            fi
+            git clone "https://every-channel:${CODEBERG_TOKEN}@codeberg.org/every-channel/every.channel.git" .repo
+            cd .repo
+          fi
           if ! command -v nix >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh -s -- --no-daemon
             . "$HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"