diff --git a/deploy/deploy-stg.sh b/deploy/deploy-stg.sh
index 272fd636..bf226642 100755
--- a/deploy/deploy-stg.sh
+++ b/deploy/deploy-stg.sh
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ ENVEOF
   # Create sync script for staging dirs
   cat > /home/cmc/sync_prod_to_staging.sh <<'EOF'
 #!/bin/bash
-rsync -a --delete /mnt/vault/pdf/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/app/webroot/pdf/
-rsync -a --delete /mnt/vault/attachments_files/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/app/webroot/attachments_files/
-rsync -a --delete /mnt/vault/emails/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/vault/emails/
-rsync -a --delete /mnt/vault/vaultmsgs/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/vault/vaultmsgs/
+rsync -a --delete --omit-dir-times /mnt/vault/pdf/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/app/webroot/pdf/
+rsync -a --delete --omit-dir-times /mnt/vault/attachments_files/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/app/webroot/attachments_files/
+rsync -a --delete --omit-dir-times /mnt/vault/emails/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/vault/emails/
+rsync -a --delete --omit-dir-times /mnt/vault/vaultmsgs/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/vault/vaultmsgs/
 EOF
   chmod +x /home/cmc/sync_prod_to_staging.sh
 
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ EOF
   if [[ "$RUN_SYNC" == "true" ]]; then
     echo "Running sync_prod_to_staging.sh now..."
     /home/cmc/sync_prod_to_staging.sh
+    echo "Restoring database from latest backup in /backups..."
+    LATEST_BACKUP=$(ls -t ./backups/backup_*.sql.gz | head -n1)
+    if [ -f "$LATEST_BACKUP" ]; then
+      gunzip < "$LATEST_BACKUP" | mariadb -h 127.0.0.1 -u cmc -p"xVRQI&cA?7AU=hqJ!%au" cmc
+      echo "Database restore complete."
+    else
+      echo "No backup file found in /backups. Skipping database restore."
+    fi
   fi
 
   echo "Deployment complete."