diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 275c0a8..7774c57 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ app/storage/test.db
 
 ### Logs ###
 error.log
+app/storage/maintenance.flag
 app/storage/cache/*
 !app/storage/cache/.gitkeep
 app/storage/covers/*
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index f5125a6..dfbe62b 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -97,3 +97,4 @@
 - [x] Replace old button definitions in admin.css, form.css, tfe.css, file-access.css, system.css with empty alias comments
 - [x] Update all PHP templates to use new `.btn` classes (`btn btn--primary`, `btn btn--secondary`, `btn btn--danger`, etc.)
 - [x] Update border-radius on pagination buttons to 10px for consistency
+- [x] Exclude `storage/maintenance.flag` from rsync deploy and git
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index cb0fe84..3a86e77 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ setup:
 [group('dev')]
 serve: migrate
     @xdg-open http://127.0.0.1:8000 &
+    @xdg-open http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ &
     @php \
         -d upload_max_filesize=512M \
         -d post_max_size=520M \
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ deploy:
         --exclude 'storage/covers' \
         --exclude 'storage/backup_*' \
         --exclude 'storage/cache/*' \
+        --exclude 'storage/maintenance.flag' \
         --exclude 'storage/fixtures' \
         --exclude 'storage/docs' \
         --exclude 'var/cache/*' \