diff --git a/scripts/apply_github_update.sh b/scripts/apply_github_update.sh
index 1fe1315..2cb435f 100644
--- a/scripts/apply_github_update.sh
+++ b/scripts/apply_github_update.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ STATE_FILE="${STATE_DIR}/state.json"
 LOG_FILE="/var/log/virtuality/update.log"
 REMOTE="${VIRTUALITY_UPDATE_REMOTE:-origin}"
 BRANCH="${VIRTUALITY_UPDATE_BRANCH:-main}"
+REPO_ZIP_URL="${VIRTUALITY_UPDATE_ZIP_URL:-https://github.com/viktor138irk/virtuality/archive/refs/heads/${BRANCH}.zip}"
+TMP_DIR="${STATE_DIR}/tmp"
 
-mkdir -p "$STATE_DIR" "$(dirname "$LOG_FILE")"
+mkdir -p "$STATE_DIR" "$TMP_DIR" "$(dirname "$LOG_FILE")"
 
 now() { date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'; }
 json_escape() { python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.dumps(sys.stdin.read())[1:-1])'; }
@@ -38,6 +40,70 @@ run_step() {
     exit $code
   fi
 }
+try_run() {
+  log "TRY: $*"
+  "$@" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+  return $?
+}
+
+fetch_zip_update() {
+  local zip_file extract_dir extracted_root
+  zip_file="${TMP_DIR}/virtuality-${BRANCH}.zip"
+  extract_dir="${TMP_DIR}/zip-update"
+  rm -rf "$zip_file" "$extract_dir"
+  mkdir -p "$extract_dir"
+
+  log "Fallback update via ZIP started"
+  log "ZIP URL: $REPO_ZIP_URL"
+  write_state "running" "GitHub git fetch не сработал, пробуем ZIP fallback"
+
+  if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ! try_run curl -L --connect-timeout 20 --max-time 240 --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o "$zip_file" "$REPO_ZIP_URL"; then
+      log "curl ZIP download failed"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ! try_run wget -T 240 -t 3 -O "$zip_file" "$REPO_ZIP_URL"; then
+      log "wget ZIP download failed"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  else
+    log "ERROR: neither curl nor wget found"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -s "$zip_file" ]; then
+    log "ERROR: downloaded ZIP is empty: $zip_file"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  if command -v unzip >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ! try_run unzip -q "$zip_file" -d "$extract_dir"; then
+      log "unzip failed"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  else
+    log "ERROR: unzip not found"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  extracted_root="$(find "$extract_dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | head -1)"
+  if [ -z "$extracted_root" ] || [ ! -f "$extracted_root/install.sh" ]; then
+    log "ERROR: extracted repo root invalid: $extracted_root"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  log "ZIP extracted root: $extracted_root"
+  log "Syncing ZIP content into $SOURCE_DIR"
+  mkdir -p "$SOURCE_DIR"
+  if ! try_run rsync -a --delete --exclude='.git/' "$extracted_root/" "$SOURCE_DIR/"; then
+    log "rsync from ZIP fallback failed"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  log "ZIP fallback sync completed"
+  return 0
+}
 
 STARTED_AT="$(now)"
 write_state "running" "Обновление запущено"
@@ -46,47 +112,64 @@ log "Virtuality GitHub update started"
 log "source: $SOURCE_DIR"
 log "remote: $REMOTE"
 log "branch: $BRANCH"
+log "zip fallback: $REPO_ZIP_URL"
 
-if [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR/.git" ]; then
-  log "ERROR: git repository not found: $SOURCE_DIR"
-  write_state "error" "Не найден git-репозиторий: $SOURCE_DIR"
-  exit 1
+BEFORE_COMMIT="unknown"
+BEFORE_VERSION="$(cat "$SOURCE_DIR/VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+if [ -d "$SOURCE_DIR/.git" ]; then
+  cd "$SOURCE_DIR" || exit 1
+  BEFORE_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
 fi
-
-cd "$SOURCE_DIR" || exit 1
-
-BEFORE_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
-BEFORE_VERSION="$(cat VERSION 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
 log "before commit: $BEFORE_COMMIT"
 log "before version: $BEFORE_VERSION"
 
-write_state "running" "Получаем изменения из GitHub"
-run_step git fetch "$REMOTE" "$BRANCH"
-
-TARGET_REF="${REMOTE}/${BRANCH}"
-TARGET_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse "$TARGET_REF" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-if [ -z "$TARGET_COMMIT" ]; then
-  log "ERROR: remote ref not found: $TARGET_REF"
-  write_state "error" "Не найден удалённый ref: $TARGET_REF"
-  exit 1
+GIT_UPDATED=0
+if [ -d "$SOURCE_DIR/.git" ]; then
+  cd "$SOURCE_DIR" || exit 1
+  write_state "running" "Получаем изменения из GitHub через git"
+  if try_run git fetch "$REMOTE" "$BRANCH"; then
+    TARGET_REF="${REMOTE}/${BRANCH}"
+    TARGET_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse "$TARGET_REF" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$TARGET_COMMIT" ]; then
+      LOCAL_STATUS="$(git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null || true)"
+      if [ -n "$LOCAL_STATUS" ]; then
+        log "Local changes before update:"
+        printf '%s\n' "$LOCAL_STATUS" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+      fi
+      write_state "running" "Синхронизируем исходники с GitHub через git reset"
+      log "Deploy mode: git reset --hard $TARGET_REF"
+      if try_run git reset --hard "$TARGET_REF" && try_run git clean -fd; then
+        GIT_UPDATED=1
+      else
+        log "git reset/clean failed, ZIP fallback will be used"
+      fi
+    else
+      log "remote ref not found after fetch: $TARGET_REF"
+    fi
+  else
+    log "git fetch failed, ZIP fallback will be used"
+  fi
+else
+  log "git repository not found, ZIP fallback will be used"
 fi
 
-LOCAL_STATUS="$(git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null || true)"
-if [ -n "$LOCAL_STATUS" ]; then
-  log "Local changes before update:"
-  printf '%s\n' "$LOCAL_STATUS" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+if [ "$GIT_UPDATED" != "1" ]; then
+  if ! fetch_zip_update; then
+    write_state "error" "Не удалось обновиться ни через git, ни через ZIP fallback. Проверь доступ к github.com, curl/wget/unzip и DNS."
+    exit 1
+  fi
 fi
 
-write_state "running" "Синхронизируем исходники с GitHub"
-log "Deploy mode: git reset --hard $TARGET_REF"
-run_step git reset --hard "$TARGET_REF"
-run_step git clean -fd
-
-AFTER_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
-AFTER_VERSION="$(cat VERSION 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+AFTER_COMMIT="unknown"
+if [ -d "$SOURCE_DIR/.git" ]; then
+  cd "$SOURCE_DIR" || exit 1
+  AFTER_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
+fi
+AFTER_VERSION="$(cat "$SOURCE_DIR/VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
 log "after commit: $AFTER_COMMIT"
 log "after version: $AFTER_VERSION"
 
+cd "$SOURCE_DIR" || exit 1
 write_state "running" "Запускаем установщик web-панели"
 run_step bash scripts/install_web_panel.sh