diff --git a/deploy_to_hetzner.sh b/deploy_to_hetzner.sh
index 745f497..6dc0113 100755
--- a/deploy_to_hetzner.sh
+++ b/deploy_to_hetzner.sh
@@ -23,15 +23,34 @@ cd img
 put -r $LOCAL_DIR/img/*
 cd ..
 
-# Manual (HTML + Bilder)
+# Manual (HTML + Bilder + PHP + Logs)
 mkdir manual
 cd manual
+
+# statische HTML-Variante (Fallback / Direktaufrufe)
 put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/index.html
+
+# PHP-basierte Manual-/Login-Dateien
+put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/.htaccess
+put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/index.php
+put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/login.php
+put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/auth.config.php
+put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/auth.php
+put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/logout.php
+
+# Manual-Bilder
 put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/beacon-front.jpg
 mkdir img
 cd img
 put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/img/*
 cd ..
+
+# Log-Verzeichnis für Zugriffsprotokolle
+mkdir logs
+cd logs
+put -r $LOCAL_DIR/manual/logs/access.log
+cd ..
+
 cd ..
 bye
 EOF
diff --git a/src/.htaccess b/src/.htaccess
index 806bf61..74c780c 100644
--- a/src/.htaccess
+++ b/src/.htaccess
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ RewriteRule ^ https://summitwave.eu%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
 # Canonicalize index.html to root
 RewriteRule ^index\.html$ https://summitwave.eu/ [L,R=301]
 
+# Ensure /manual/ uses PHP (login-guarded)
+RewriteRule ^manual/?$ /manual/index.php [L]
+
 # Cache static assets (adjust as needed)
 <IfModule mod_expires.c>
   ExpiresActive On
diff --git a/src/manual/.htaccess b/src/manual/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dad6ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/manual/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Ensure PHP index is used in /manual/
+DirectoryIndex index.php
+
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+  RewriteEngine On
+  # Redirect direct hits of index.html to index.php (login-guarded)
+  RewriteRule ^index\.html$ index.php [L,R=302]
+</IfModule>