diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index c2bf29e..d0fa8a7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ jobs:
               echo 'Skipping L2 (no changes)'
             fi
 
-            # Deploy stacks
+            # Deploy stacks (--resolve-image always forces re-pull of :latest)
             if [ \"\$BUILD_L1\" = true ]; then
-              cd l1 && source .env && docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.yml celery && cd ..
+              cd l1 && source .env && docker stack deploy --resolve-image always -c docker-compose.yml celery && cd ..
               echo 'L1 stack deployed'
             fi
             if [ \"\$BUILD_L2\" = true ]; then
-              cd l2 && source .env && docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.yml activitypub && cd ..
+              cd l2 && source .env && docker stack deploy --resolve-image always -c docker-compose.yml activitypub && cd ..
               echo 'L2 stack deployed'
             fi
 
diff --git a/l2/app/__init__.py b/l2/app/__init__.py
index e4938e2..fbc713a 100644
--- a/l2/app/__init__.py
+++ b/l2/app/__init__.py
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ def create_app() -> FastAPI:
     template_dir = Path(__file__).parent / "templates"
     app.state.templates = create_jinja_env(template_dir)
 
+    # Health check (skips auth middleware via _SKIP_PREFIXES)
+    @app.get("/health")
+    async def health():
+        return JSONResponse({"status": "ok"})
+
     # Custom 404 handler
     @app.exception_handler(404)
     async def not_found_handler(request: Request, exc):
diff --git a/l2/db.py b/l2/db.py
index 205271d..465826c 100644
--- a/l2/db.py
+++ b/l2/db.py
@@ -187,9 +187,16 @@ async def init_pool():
         max_size=10,
         command_timeout=60
     )
-    # Create tables if they don't exist
+    # Create tables if they don't exist (advisory lock prevents deadlock
+    # when multiple uvicorn workers start simultaneously)
     async with _pool.acquire() as conn:
-        await conn.execute(SCHEMA)
+        acquired = await conn.fetchval("SELECT pg_try_advisory_lock(42)")
+        if acquired:
+            try:
+                await conn.execute(SCHEMA)
+            finally:
+                await conn.execute("SELECT pg_advisory_unlock(42)")
+        # If another worker holds the lock, schema is being created — skip
 
 
 async def close_pool():
diff --git a/l2/docker-compose.yml b/l2/docker-compose.yml
index 9c91ea4..afb5644 100644
--- a/l2/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/l2/docker-compose.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ services:
       - OAUTH_LOGOUT_URL=https://account.rose-ash.com/auth/sso-logout/
       # DATABASE_URL, ARTDAG_DOMAIN, ARTDAG_USER, JWT_SECRET, SECRET_KEY from .env file
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "python", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8200/')"]
+      test: ["CMD", "python", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8200/health')"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 3