diff --git a/scripts/deploy b/scripts/deploy
index 37d0b70d4..0429f8155 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy
+++ b/scripts/deploy
@@ -161,17 +161,36 @@ deployOneHost() {
   fi
 }
 
+failedDeploys=()
+deployHosts() {
+  local hosts=("$@")
+  for v in "${variants[@]}"; do
+    for h in "${hosts[@]}"; do
+      deployOneHost "$h" "$v" || \
+        failedDeploys+=("$h$v")
+    done
+  done
+}
 
 parseArgs "$@"
 
-failedDeploys=()
-for v in "${variants[@]}"; do
-  for h in "${hosts[@]}"; do
-    deployOneHost "$h" "$v" || \
-      failedDeploys+=("$h$v")
-  done
+# i care e.g. that full moby is deployed before crappy:
+earlyHosts=()
+lateHosts=()
+for host in "${hosts[@]}"; do
+  case $host in
+    (crappy)
+      lateHosts+=("$host")
+      ;;
+    (*)
+      earlyHosts+=("$host")
+      ;;
+  esac
 done
 
+deployHosts "${earlyHosts[@]}"
+deployHosts "${lateHosts[@]}"
+
 if [ "${#failedDeploys[@]}" -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "FAILED DEPLOYMENT:"
   for d in "${failedDeploys[@]}"; do