diff --git a/researchowl/deployment.yaml b/researchowl/deployment.yaml
index ed71940..2336c15 100644
--- a/researchowl/deployment.yaml
+++ b/researchowl/deployment.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ metadata:
     app: researchowl
 spec:
   replicas: 1
+  # Single-replica bot on a RWO local-path SQLite DB (WAL): Recreate avoids two pods
+  # briefly opening /data/researchowl.db during a roll (double-writer corruption risk).
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: researchowl
@@ -46,12 +50,12 @@ spec:
             - name: TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
-                  name: researchowl-secrets
+                  name: researchowl-secrets-infisical
                   key: telegram-bot-token
             - name: TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
-                  name: researchowl-secrets
+                  name: researchowl-secrets-infisical
                   key: telegram-allowed-users
             - name: OLLAMA_URL
               value: "http://ollama.ollama.svc.cluster.local:11434"
@@ -70,21 +74,21 @@ spec:
             - name: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
-                  name: researchowl-secrets
+                  name: researchowl-secrets-infisical
                   key: anthropic-api-key
             - name: GHOST_URL
               value: "https://zonadeexclusion.com"
             - name: GHOST_API_KEY
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
-                  name: researchowl-secrets
+                  name: researchowl-secrets-infisical
                   key: ghost-api-key
             - name: GHOST_URL_EN
               value: "https://www.theexclusionzone.com"
             - name: GHOST_API_KEY_EN
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
-                  name: researchowl-secrets
+                  name: researchowl-secrets-infisical
                   key: ghost-api-key-en
           volumeMounts:
             - name: data