diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/staging.yml b/.gitea/workflows/staging.yml
index da74ff2..266a6a0 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/staging.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/staging.yml
@@ -14,35 +14,30 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
 
+      - name: Delete alte Staging VM (via Proxmox API)
+        run: |
+          # Alte CT 200 via Proxmox API löschen (falls existiert)
+          VMID="200"
+          NODE="${{ secrets.PROXMOX_NODE }}"
+
+          # Token encoding für Basic Auth
+          TOKEN="${{ secrets.PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID }}:${{ secrets.PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET }}"
+          TOKEN_B64=$(echo -n "$TOKEN" | base64 -w 0)
+
+          # Delete LXC Container (ignore errors wenn nicht existiert)
+          curl -k -X DELETE \
+            -H "Authorization: Basic $TOKEN_B64" \
+            "${{ secrets.PROXMOX_HOST }}/api2/json/nodes/$NODE/lxc/$VMID" \
+            || true
+
+          # Warte kurz bis VM weg ist
+          sleep 5
+
       - name: Terraform Init & Apply (Staging LXC erstellen)
         working-directory: terraform
         run: |
           terraform init
 
-          # State neu laden (falls alte VM in Proxmox existiert)
-          terraform refresh \
-            -var="proxmox_host=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_HOST }}" \
-            -var="proxmox_token_id=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID }}" \
-            -var="proxmox_token_secret=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET }}" \
-            -var="proxmox_node=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_NODE }}" \
-            -var="lxc_bridge=vmbr2" \
-            -var="staging_ip=${{ secrets.STAGING_IP }}" \
-            -var="staging_gw=${{ secrets.STAGING_GW }}" \
-            -var="ssh_public_key=${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_PUBKEY }}" \
-            -var="ssh_private_key=${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}" || true
-
-          # Alte Staging VM zerstören (falls existiert)
-          terraform destroy -auto-approve \
-            -var="proxmox_host=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_HOST }}" \
-            -var="proxmox_token_id=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID }}" \
-            -var="proxmox_token_secret=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET }}" \
-            -var="proxmox_node=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_NODE }}" \
-            -var="lxc_bridge=vmbr2" \
-            -var="staging_ip=${{ secrets.STAGING_IP }}" \
-            -var="staging_gw=${{ secrets.STAGING_GW }}" \
-            -var="ssh_public_key=${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_PUBKEY }}" \
-            -var="ssh_private_key=${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}" || true
-
           # Neue Staging VM erstellen
           terraform apply -auto-approve \
             -var="proxmox_host=${{ secrets.PROXMOX_HOST }}" \