diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/nas-k3s-deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/nas-k3s-deploy.yml
index a18e181..829351a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/nas-k3s-deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/nas-k3s-deploy.yml
@@ -855,6 +855,21 @@ jobs:
             if [ -z "${DEPLOYMENT_LIST}" ]; then
               return 0
             fi
+
+            # Bootstrap missing deployments from kustomize so single-target
+            # deploys work on a fresh cluster instead of failing with
+            # "deployments.apps \"frontend\" not found".
+            missing=""
+            for svc in ${DEPLOYMENT_LIST}; do
+              if ! kubectl_cmd -n "${K3S_NAMESPACE}" get "deployment/${svc}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                missing="${missing} ${svc}"
+              fi
+            done
+            if [ -n "${missing}" ]; then
+              echo "Bootstrapping missing deployment(s):${missing}"
+              apply_rendered_kustomize
+            fi
+
             for svc in ${DEPLOYMENT_LIST}; do
               kubectl_cmd -n "${K3S_NAMESPACE}" set image "deployment/${svc}" "${svc}=$(image_ref "${svc}")"
             done