diff --git a/site/README.md b/site/README.md
index 572f365..a4c7cd4 100644
--- a/site/README.md
+++ b/site/README.md
@@ -61,8 +61,15 @@ project from the `jeremymcs/patchdeck` repository and set:
 
 ### One thing to change after the domain is set
 
-The canonical URL currently points at `https://patchdeck.vercel.app/`. Once the
-real domain is attached, update it in three places:
+The canonical URL points at `https://patchdeck-eta.vercel.app/`, the alias Vercel
+assigned this project.
+
+> Do not "correct" this to `patchdeck.vercel.app`. That hostname is taken by an
+> unrelated project ("PatchDeck — Visual Network Designer") and is not ours;
+> pointing the canonical, OG image or sitemap at it would hand our SEO and link
+> previews to a stranger's site.
+
+Once a real domain is attached, update it in three places:
 
 - `index.html` — `<link rel="canonical">`, the `og:url` / `og:image` /
   `twitter:image` meta tags, and the `url` field in the JSON-LD block
diff --git a/site/build.mjs b/site/build.mjs
index cd4147d..835082c 100644
--- a/site/build.mjs
+++ b/site/build.mjs
@@ -47,10 +47,26 @@ fs.rmSync(DIST, { recursive: true, force: true });
 copyStatic();
 
 if (watch) {
+  // Build the stylesheet once up front. dist/ was just cleared, and the watcher
+  // below may take a moment (or fail) to produce it — without this the page
+  // serves with a 404 on styles.css.
+  const initial = spawnSync(tailwindBin, cssArgs, { stdio: "inherit" });
+  if (initial.status !== 0) process.exit(initial.status ?? 1);
+
   fs.watch(path.join(ROOT, "index.html"), () => copyStatic());
   fs.watch(PUBLIC, { recursive: true }, () => copyStatic());
-  spawn(tailwindBin, [...cssArgs, "--watch"], { stdio: "inherit" });
-  console.log("watching — dist/ is live");
+
+  // stdin must be an open pipe we never write to or close. The Tailwind CLI
+  // watcher shuts down the moment stdin reaches EOF, which is what both
+  // "inherit" (when detached) and "ignore" (/dev/null) hand it immediately.
+  const watcher = spawn(tailwindBin, [...cssArgs, "--watch"], {
+    stdio: ["pipe", "inherit", "inherit"],
+  });
+  watcher.on("exit", (code) => {
+    console.error(`tailwind --watch exited (${code}); css is no longer rebuilding`);
+  });
+
+  console.log("watching — dist/ is live on the files it has built");
 } else {
   const result = spawnSync(tailwindBin, [...cssArgs, "--minify"], { stdio: "inherit" });
   if (result.status !== 0) process.exit(result.status ?? 1);
diff --git a/site/index.html b/site/index.html
index 343e589..44b71c3 100644
--- a/site/index.html
+++ b/site/index.html
@@ -9,22 +9,22 @@
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
 <title>PatchDeck — Keep your pull requests moving</title>
 <meta name="description" content="PatchDeck is a local-first workbench for GitHub pull requests and issues. It watches your repos, triages review feedback and failing checks, then runs your local coding agent in an isolated worktree to fix what needs fixing." />
-<link rel="canonical" href="https://patchdeck.vercel.app/" />
+<link rel="canonical" href="https://patchdeck-eta.vercel.app/" />
 <meta name="theme-color" content="#08090C" />
 
 <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
 <meta property="og:site_name" content="PatchDeck" />
 <meta property="og:title" content="PatchDeck — Keep your pull requests moving" />
 <meta property="og:description" content="A local-first workbench that watches your GitHub repos, triages review feedback and failing checks, then dispatches your local coding agent to fix them." />
-<meta property="og:url" content="https://patchdeck.vercel.app/" />
-<meta property="og:image" content="https://patchdeck.vercel.app/assets/og.png" />
+<meta property="og:url" content="https://patchdeck-eta.vercel.app/" />
+<meta property="og:image" content="https://patchdeck-eta.vercel.app/assets/og.png" />
 <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
 <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />
 <meta property="og:image:alt" content="The PatchDeck dashboard showing watched repositories, open pull requests, and live agent activity." />
 <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
 <meta name="twitter:title" content="PatchDeck — Keep your pull requests moving" />
 <meta name="twitter:description" content="A local-first workbench that watches your GitHub repos, triages review feedback and failing checks, then dispatches your local coding agent to fix them." />
-<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://patchdeck.vercel.app/assets/og.png" />
+<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://patchdeck-eta.vercel.app/assets/og.png" />
 
 <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
 <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   "operatingSystem": "macOS, Linux, Windows",
   "softwareVersion": "1.6.0",
   "description": "A local-first workbench for keeping GitHub pull requests and issues moving. Watches repositories, syncs review feedback and failed checks into one dashboard, then runs a local coding agent in an isolated worktree.",
-  "url": "https://patchdeck.vercel.app/",
+  "url": "https://patchdeck-eta.vercel.app/",
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/jeremymcs/patchdeck",
   "license": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT",
   "offers": { "@type": "Offer", "price": "0", "priceCurrency": "USD" }
diff --git a/site/public/robots.txt b/site/public/robots.txt
index cbd6bd9..0d4898d 100644
--- a/site/public/robots.txt
+++ b/site/public/robots.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 User-agent: *
 Allow: /
 
-Sitemap: https://patchdeck.vercel.app/sitemap.xml
+Sitemap: https://patchdeck-eta.vercel.app/sitemap.xml
diff --git a/site/public/sitemap.xml b/site/public/sitemap.xml
index 0a5630c..5d18317 100644
--- a/site/public/sitemap.xml
+++ b/site/public/sitemap.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
   <url>
-    <loc>https://patchdeck.vercel.app/</loc>
+    <loc>https://patchdeck-eta.vercel.app/</loc>
     <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
     <priority>1.0</priority>
   </url>
diff --git a/site/vercel.json b/site/vercel.json
index bd5060c..871a8fc 100644
--- a/site/vercel.json
+++ b/site/vercel.json
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://openapi.vercel.sh/vercel.json",
+  "framework": null,
+  "buildCommand": "npm run build",
+  "outputDirectory": "dist",
+  "installCommand": "npm install",
   "cleanUrls": true,
   "trailingSlash": false,
   "headers": [