diff --git a/scripts/deploy/deploy-node.sh b/scripts/deploy/deploy-node.sh
index 1b6849c..69df10c 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy/deploy-node.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy/deploy-node.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ fi
 
 # 3. Deploy Services
 for service in "${SERVICES[@]}"; do
+    # Services that ship their own deploy-local.sh have a dedicated, orchestrated
+    # deploy path (e.g. control-plane via deploy-control-plane.sh → deploy-local.sh).
+    # Deploying them in this loop too would invoke `docker compose up` with a
+    # different Compose project name than their dedicated path uses (this loop runs
+    # from ${REPO_PATH}; deploy-local.sh runs from services/<svc>/), so `up
+    # -d --remove-orphans` would Recreate and tear down the already-running
+    # containers — exactly what wiped the control-plane on VPS on 2026-06-25.
+    # Their own deploy path owns them; skip here.
+    if [ -f "${REPO_PATH}/services/${service}/deploy-local.sh" ]; then
+        echo "Skipping ${service}: ma własną ścieżkę deployu (services/${service}/deploy-local.sh), pomijam"
+        continue
+    fi
+
     echo "Deploying service: ${service}..."
 
     COMPOSE_FILE="${REPO_PATH}/services/${service}/docker-compose.yml"