diff --git a/src/padelnomics/supervisor.py b/src/padelnomics/supervisor.py
index fcd2cba..3edf233 100644
--- a/src/padelnomics/supervisor.py
+++ b/src/padelnomics/supervisor.py
@@ -267,48 +267,6 @@ def run_export() -> None:
         send_alert(f"[export] {err}")
 
 
-_last_seen_head: str | None = None
-
-
-def web_code_changed() -> bool:
-    """True on the first tick after a commit that changed web app code or secrets.
-
-    Compares the current HEAD to the HEAD from the previous tick.  On first call
-    after process start (e.g. after os.execv reloads new code), falls back to
-    HEAD~1 so the just-deployed commit is evaluated exactly once.
-
-    Records HEAD before returning so the same commit never triggers twice.
-    """
-    global _last_seen_head
-    result = subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
-    )
-    if result.returncode != 0:
-        return False
-    current_head = result.stdout.strip()
-
-    if _last_seen_head is None:
-        # Fresh process — use HEAD~1 as base (evaluates the newly deployed tag).
-        base_result = subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD~1"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
-        )
-        base = base_result.stdout.strip() if base_result.returncode == 0 else current_head
-    else:
-        base = _last_seen_head
-
-    _last_seen_head = current_head  # advance now — won't fire again for this HEAD
-
-    if base == current_head:
-        return False
-
-    diff = subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "diff", "--name-only", base, current_head, "--",
-         "web/", "Dockerfile", ".env.prod.sops"],
-        capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30,
-    )
-    return bool(diff.stdout.strip())
-
-
 def current_deployed_tag() -> str | None:
     """Return the highest-version tag pointing at HEAD, or None.
 
@@ -360,6 +318,15 @@ def git_pull_and_sync() -> None:
     run_shell("uv sync --all-packages")
     # Apply any model changes (FULL→INCREMENTAL, new models, etc.) before re-exec
     run_shell("uv run sqlmesh -p transform/sqlmesh_padelnomics plan prod --auto-apply")
+    # Always redeploy the web app on new tag — blue/green swap is zero-downtime
+    # and Docker layer caching makes no-op builds fast. Previous approach of
+    # diffing HEAD~1 missed changes inside merge commits.
+    logger.info("Deploying web app (blue/green swap)")
+    ok, err = run_shell("./deploy.sh")
+    if ok:
+        send_alert(f"[deploy] {latest} ok")
+    else:
+        send_alert(f"[deploy] {latest} failed: {err}")
     # Re-exec so the new code is loaded. os.execv replaces this process in-place;
     # systemd sees it as the same PID and does not restart the unit.
     logger.info("Deploy complete — re-execing to load new code")
@@ -408,14 +375,6 @@ def tick() -> None:
         # Export serving tables
         run_export()
 
-        # Deploy web app if code changed
-        if os.getenv("SUPERVISOR_GIT_PULL") and web_code_changed():
-            logger.info("Web code changed — deploying")
-            ok, err = run_shell("./deploy.sh")
-            if ok:
-                send_alert("[deploy] ok")
-            else:
-                send_alert(f"[deploy] failed: {err}")
     finally:
         conn.close()