diff --git a/tools/post-receive b/tools/post-receive
index 2aad6200eb..dda2ba4282 100755
--- a/tools/post-receive
+++ b/tools/post-receive
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ args = sys.stdin.read()
 oldrev, newrev, refname = args.split()
 
 if refname in ["refs/heads/master", "refs/heads/test-post-receive"]:
-    subprocess.check_call(["env", "-u", "GIT_DIR", "/home/humbug/humbug/tools/update-deployment",
+    subprocess.check_call(["ssh", "app.humbughq.com", "--", "env", "-u", "GIT_DIR",
+                           "/home/humbug/humbug/tools/update-deployment",
                            oldrev, newrev, refname])