diff --git a/podman-standalone.sh b/podman-standalone.sh
index 4e1b35b..2ebf51e 100755
--- a/podman-standalone.sh
+++ b/podman-standalone.sh
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ TZ=America/Los_Angeles
 
 # ── Turnstone container ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Image is built locally — no registry auto-update label.
-# To update: sudo podman build -t localhost/turnstone:latest /opt/turnstone
-#            sudo podman restart turnstone
+# Run this script after every `git pull` to rebuild and redeploy.
 #
 # /opt is mounted read-only so all service logs under /opt/*/config/logs/ are
 # accessible without per-service mounts. Add new sources to patterns/sources.yaml
@@ -84,6 +83,11 @@ TZ=America/Los_Angeles
 #
 # Must be run as root (sudo bash podman-standalone.sh) — rootful Podman only.
 #
+
+# Build image from current source (bakes app/ code into the image)
+echo "Building Turnstone image..."
+podman build -t localhost/turnstone:latest "${REPO_DIR}"
+
 # Remove existing container if present (safe re-run)
 podman rm -f turnstone 2>/dev/null || true
 
@@ -111,16 +115,24 @@ echo ""
 echo "Turnstone is starting up."
 echo "  UI: http://localhost:8534/turnstone/"
 echo ""
+
+# Regenerate systemd unit so it references the freshly-built image.
+# The --new flag means systemd re-creates the container on each start
+# rather than binding to a specific container ID.
+if [ -d /etc/systemd/system ]; then
+  echo "Regenerating systemd unit..."
+  podman generate systemd --new --name turnstone \
+    | tee /etc/systemd/system/turnstone.service > /dev/null
+  systemctl daemon-reload
+  systemctl enable turnstone.service 2>/dev/null || true
+  echo "  systemd unit updated — run: sudo systemctl restart turnstone.service"
+  echo ""
+fi
+
 echo "Check container health with:"
 echo "  sudo podman ps"
 echo "  sudo podman logs turnstone"
 echo ""
-echo "To register as a systemd service:"
-echo "  sudo podman generate systemd --new --name turnstone \\"
-echo "    | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/turnstone.service"
-echo "  sudo systemctl daemon-reload"
-echo "  sudo systemctl enable --now turnstone"
-echo ""
 echo "To ingest all sources now:"
 echo "  sudo podman exec turnstone python scripts/ingest_corpus.py \\"
 echo "    --sources /patterns/sources.yaml --db /data/turnstone.db"