diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl
index 6e7134c..e862c59 100644
--- a/.beads/issues.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/issues.jsonl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{"id":"gitea-welcome-0kp","title":"Reverse-sync Test","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T21:09:52.497127424-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T21:20:34.407061892-05:00","comments":[{"id":2,"issue_id":"gitea-welcome-0kp","author":"rootiest","text":"It","created_at":"2026-01-20T02:11:02Z"}],"deleted_at":"2026-01-19T21:20:34.407061892-05:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
+{"id":"gitea-welcome-0kp","title":"Reverse-sync Test","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T21:09:52.497127424-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T21:21:27.951350534-05:00","comments":[{"id":2,"issue_id":"gitea-welcome-0kp","author":"rootiest","text":"It","created_at":"2026-01-20T02:11:02Z"}],"deleted_at":"2026-01-19T21:21:27.951350534-05:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gitea-welcome-24k","title":"Reverse-sync Test","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T21:13:44.940389131-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T21:20:45.766584302-05:00","deleted_at":"2026-01-19T21:20:45.766584302-05:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gitea-welcome-5a4","title":"Test Issue","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T19:24:28.988421899-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T20:08:24.331722606-05:00","closed_at":"2026-01-19T20:08:24.331722606-05:00","close_reason":"Closed","comments":[{"id":1,"issue_id":"gitea-welcome-5a4","author":"rootiest","text":"Completed!","created_at":"2026-01-20T01:07:50Z"}]}
 {"id":"gitea-welcome-d6r","title":"Reverse-sync Test #2","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T21:13:44.746027824-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T21:20:56.083051681-05:00","deleted_at":"2026-01-19T21:20:56.083051681-05:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
diff --git a/.gitea/sync_beads.py b/.gitea/sync_beads.py
index 9bc9b53..47698f1 100644
--- a/.gitea/sync_beads.py
+++ b/.gitea/sync_beads.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import sys
 
 # Configuration from Environment
 TOKEN = os.getenv("GITEA_TOKEN")
-URL = os.getenv("GITEA_URL")
+URL = os.getenv("URL")  # Ensure your Gitea Action uses this variable name
 REPO = os.getenv("REPO_NAME")
 HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"token {TOKEN}", "Content-Type": "application/json"}
 
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ def sync():
 
     # 1. Fetch existing issues from Gitea
     try:
-        # state=all includes closed issues so we don't create duplicates of finished tasks
         api_url = f"{URL}/api/v1/repos/{REPO}/issues?state=all"
         resp = requests.get(api_url, headers=HEADERS)
         resp.raise_for_status()
-        # Map by [ID] to identify existing ones
         existing = {
             i["title"].split("]")[0][1:]: i for i in resp.json() if "]" in i["title"]
         }
@@ -36,38 +34,44 @@ def sync():
 
     # 2. Parse the Beads JSONL file
     processed_count = 0
+    skipped_count = 0
+    
     with open(beads_path, "r") as f:
         for line in f:
-            processed_count += 1
             line = line.strip()
             if not line:
                 continue
 
-            print(f"DEBUG: Processing line -> {line}")
             try:
                 data = json.loads(line)
                 bid = data.get("id")
+                status = data.get("status")
                 title = data.get("title")
-                # Matches your 'cat' output: "issue_type":"task"
                 itype = data.get("issue_type", "unknown")
 
+                # --- THE FIX: FILTER TOMBSTONES ---
+                if status == "tombstone":
+                    print(f"👻 Skipping tombstone: {bid} ({title})")
+                    skipped_count += 1
+                    continue
+                # ----------------------------------
+
                 if not bid:
                     print("⚠️ Skipping line: No ID found.")
                     continue
 
+                processed_count += 1
                 unique_title = f"[{bid}] {title}"
                 payload = {
                     "title": unique_title,
                     "body": f"{data.get('description', 'No description provided.')}\n\n---\n**Beads ID:** `{bid}`\n**Type:** `{itype}`",
                     "state": "closed"
-                    if data.get("status") in ["closed", "done"]
+                    if status in ["closed", "done"]
                     else "open",
                 }
 
                 if bid in existing:
-                    print(
-                        f"✅ Updating Gitea Issue #{existing[bid]['number']} for {bid}"
-                    )
+                    print(f"✅ Updating Gitea Issue #{existing[bid]['number']} for {bid}")
                     requests.patch(
                         f"{URL}/api/v1/repos/{REPO}/issues/{existing[bid]['number']}",
                         headers=HEADERS,
@@ -84,9 +88,12 @@ def sync():
 
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"⚠️ Error processing bead: {e}")
-    print(f"🏁 Finished. Processed {processed_count} beads.")
-    if processed_count == 0:
-        print("❌ ERROR: File was found but it was EMPTY. Check your git push.")
+
+    print(f"🏁 Finished. Active: {processed_count}, Skipped: {skipped_count}")
+    
+    # We check if we have ANY beads (active or tombstone) to validate the file isn't broken
+    if (processed_count + skipped_count) == 0:
+        print("❌ ERROR: File was found but it was EMPTY.")
         sys.exit(1)