diff --git a/.github/workflows/fly-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/fly-deploy.yml
index af5a0ee..2b3c070 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fly-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fly-deploy.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          APP_FROM_CONFIG="$(sed -n 's/^app = \"\\(.*\\)\"/\\1/p' fly.toml | head -n1)"
+          APP_FROM_CONFIG="$(awk -F'\"' '/^app[[:space:]]*=/ { print $2; exit }' fly.toml)"
           APP_NAME="${APP_FROM_CONFIG:-${FLY_APP_NAME}}"
           PRIMARY_REGION="${FLY_PRIMARY_REGION:-ord}"
           VOLUME_NAME="${FLY_VOLUME_NAME:-yappybara_data}"
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "Ignoring stale FLY_APP_NAME='${FLY_APP_NAME}' and using fly.toml app '${APP_FROM_CONFIG}'."
           fi
 
-          APP_INFO_OUTPUT="$(flyctl apps info --app "${APP_NAME}" 2>&1 || true)"
-          if ! echo "${APP_INFO_OUTPUT}" | grep -q "Hostname"; then
+          APP_INFO_OUTPUT="$(flyctl status --app "${APP_NAME}" 2>&1 || true)"
+          if ! echo "${APP_INFO_OUTPUT}" | grep -q "App"; then
             if echo "${APP_INFO_OUTPUT}" | grep -qi "app not found"; then
               echo "Fly app ${APP_NAME} does not exist yet. Creating it now..."
               flyctl apps create "${APP_NAME}"