diff --git a/deploy-otb-tracker.sh b/deploy-otb-tracker.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+APP_DIR="/opt/otb_tracker"
+cd "$APP_DIR" || exit 1
+
+STAMP="$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
+BKDIR="backups/shared-brand-$STAMP"
+mkdir -p "$BKDIR"
+
+cp -av backend/app.py "$BKDIR"/
+
+HEADER="$(cat /home/def/otb-shared-brand/header.html)"
+FOOTER="$(cat /home/def/otb-shared-brand/footer.html)"
+
+python3 - <<PY
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+
+app = Path("backend/app.py")
+text = app.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+header = """$HEADER"""
+footer = """$FOOTER"""
+
+# inject header
+if header not in text:
+    text = text.replace("<body>", "<body>\\n" + header)
+
+# inject footer
+if footer not in text:
+    text = text.replace("</body>", footer + "\\n</body>")
+
+app.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+print("otb-tracker branding injected")
+PY
+
+echo "==== restarting service ===="
+sudo systemctl restart otb_tracker.service || true
+
+echo "==== done ===="
