diff --git a/scripts/deploy-remote.sh b/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
index 148751f..a29f0e0 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-remote.sh
@@ -694,6 +694,11 @@ deploy_hermes() {
     for unit in hermes hermes-dashboard hermes-webui; do
         cp "dankclaw/hermes/quadlet/$unit.container" "$quadlet_unit_dir/"
     done
+    # The generator must see the freshly-copied unit files before the
+    # restarts below; without this reload the first deploy after a unit edit
+    # restarts with the stale generated ExecStart (statfs ENOENT on renamed
+    # Volume= sources).
+    systemctl --user daemon-reload
     if ! systemctl --user is-active --quiet hermes.service; then
         podman stop hermes hermes-dashboard hermes-webui 2>/dev/null || true
         podman rm hermes hermes-dashboard hermes-webui 2>/dev/null || true