diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py
index a6344e4d..56d39b1f 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ def run_cmd_options(parser):
         action="store_true",
         help="install/upgrade the server, but disable postfix & dovecot for now",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--website-only",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="only update/deploy the website, skipping full server upgrade/deployment, useful when you only changed/updated the web pages and don't need to re-run a full server upgrade",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--skip-dns-check",
         dest="dns_check_disabled",
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env["CHATMAIL_INI"] = args.inipath
+    env["CHATMAIL_WEBSITE_ONLY"] = "True" if args.website_only else ""
     env["CHATMAIL_DISABLE_MAIL"] = "True" if args.disable_mail else ""
     env["CHATMAIL_REQUIRE_IROH"] = "True" if require_iroh else ""
     deploy_path = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("run.py").resolve()
@@ -108,7 +114,12 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
 
     try:
         retcode = out.check_call(cmd, env=env)
-        if retcode == 0:
+        if args.website_only:
+            if retcode == 0:
+                out.green("Website deployment completed.")
+            else:
+                out.red("Website deployment failed.")
+        elif retcode == 0:
             out.green("Deploy completed, call `cmdeploy dns` next.")
         elif not remote_data["acme_account_url"]:
             out.red("Deploy completed but letsencrypt not configured")
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/deployers.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/deployers.py
index 84b8e598..56c2c725 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/deployers.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/deployers.py
@@ -509,16 +509,21 @@ def activate(self):
         )
 
 
-def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool) -> None:
+def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -> None:
     """Deploy a chat-mail instance.
 
     :param config_path: path to chatmail.ini
     :param disable_mail: whether to disable postfix & dovecot
+    :param website_only: if True, only deploy the website
     """
     config = read_config(config_path)
     check_config(config)
     mail_domain = config.mail_domain
 
+    if website_only:
+        Deployment().perform_stages([WebsiteDeployer(config)])
+        return
+
     if host.get_fact(Port, port=53) != "unbound":
         files.line(
             name="Add 9.9.9.9 to resolv.conf",
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/run.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/run.py
index b9ae7421..0b0fc858 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/run.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/run.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ def main():
         importlib.resources.files("cmdeploy").joinpath("../../../chatmail.ini"),
     )
     disable_mail = bool(os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_DISABLE_MAIL"))
+    website_only = bool(os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_WEBSITE_ONLY"))
 
-    deploy_chatmail(config_path, disable_mail)
+    deploy_chatmail(config_path, disable_mail, website_only)
 
 
 if pyinfra.is_cli: