diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 1305b90..aa12ce7 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ for pkg in "${PKGS[@]}"; do
     continue
   fi
   while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
-    deploy_file "$f" "${f#"$pkg"/}"
+    rel="${f#"$pkg"/}"
+    # override packages nest base-package dirs internally: strip that segment for targets
+    if [ "${pkgname#zz-}" != "$pkgname" ]; then case "$rel" in */*) [ -d "$PKGS_DIR/${rel%%/*}" ] && rel="${rel#*/}";; esac; fi
+    deploy_file "$f" "$rel"
   done < <(find "$pkg" -type f ! -name 'dump.txt' -print0)
 done