diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release-deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release-deploy.yml
index 8384de7..b408293 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release-deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release-deploy.yml
@@ -9,72 +9,65 @@ env:
   REGISTRY: registry.redecarneir.us
   IMAGE_NAME: bcards
   MONGODB_HOST: 192.168.0.100:27017
-  # Variável para controlar execução dos testes
-  SKIP_TESTS: ${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS || 'false' }}
 
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Run Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Só executa se SKIP_TESTS não for 'true'
-    if: ${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS != 'true' }}
     
     steps:
-    - name: Show test status
+    - name: Check if tests should run
       run: |
-        echo "🧪 SKIP_TESTS = ${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS }}"
-        echo "✅ Executando testes porque SKIP_TESTS != 'true'"
+        if [ "${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS }}" == "true" ]; then
+          echo "⚠️  Testes PULADOS (SKIP_TESTS=true)"
+          echo "TESTS_SKIPPED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        else
+          echo "✅ Executando testes (SKIP_TESTS=${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS }})"
+          echo "TESTS_SKIPPED=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        fi
     
     - name: Checkout code
+      if: env.TESTS_SKIPPED == 'false'
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       
     - name: Setup .NET 8
+      if: env.TESTS_SKIPPED == 'false'
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
         dotnet-version: '8.0.x'
         
     - name: Restore dependencies
+      if: env.TESTS_SKIPPED == 'false'
       run: dotnet restore
       
     - name: Build solution
+      if: env.TESTS_SKIPPED == 'false'
       run: dotnet build --no-restore --configuration Release
       
     - name: Run unit tests
+      if: env.TESTS_SKIPPED == 'false'
       run: dotnet test --no-build --configuration Release --verbosity normal --collect:"XPlat Code Coverage"
       
     - name: Test MongoDB connection
+      if: env.TESTS_SKIPPED == 'false'
       run: |
         echo "Testing MongoDB connection to $MONGODB_HOST"
         timeout 10 bash -c "</dev/tcp/192.168.0.100/27017" && echo "MongoDB connection successful" || echo "MongoDB connection failed"
 
-  # Job para mostrar quando os testes foram pulados
-  test-skipped:
-    name: Tests Skipped
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Só executa se SKIP_TESTS for 'true'
-    if: ${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS == 'true' }}
-    
-    steps:
-    - name: Show skip message
-      run: |
-        echo "⚠️  SKIP_TESTS = ${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS }}"
-        echo "⏭️  Testes foram PULADOS por configuração"
-        echo "🔧 Para ativar os testes, defina SKIP_TESTS=false ou remova a variável"
-
   build-and-deploy:
     name: Build Multi-Arch Image and Deploy
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Depende de qualquer um dos jobs de teste (executado ou pulado)
-    needs: [test, test-skipped]
-    # Só executa se pelo menos um dos jobs anteriores foi bem-sucedido ou pulado
-    if: always() && (needs.test.result == 'success' || needs.test.result == 'skipped' || needs.test-skipped.result == 'success')
+    needs: [test]
+    if: always() && (needs.test.result == 'success' || needs.test.result == 'failure')
     
     steps:
     - name: Show deployment status
       run: |
-        echo "🚀 Iniciando deployment..."
-        echo "📊 Test job result: ${{ needs.test.result }}"
-        echo "📊 Test-skipped job result: ${{ needs.test-skipped.result }}"
+        if [ "${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS }}" == "true" ]; then
+          echo "🚀 Deploy iniciado - Testes foram PULADOS"
+        else
+          echo "🚀 Deploy iniciado - Testes foram executados"
+        fi
     
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -165,13 +158,13 @@ jobs:
         echo "🏗️ Architecture: Multi-arch (linux/amd64, linux/arm64)"
         echo "📋 Branch: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}"
         echo "🆔 Commit: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.commit }}"
-        echo "🧪 Tests: ${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS == 'true' && 'SKIPPED' || 'PASSED' }}"
+        echo "🧪 Tests: ${{ vars.SKIP_TESTS == 'true' && 'SKIPPED' || 'EXECUTED' }}"
         
   rollback:
     name: Rollback on Failure
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [test, build-and-deploy]
-    if: failure() && needs.test.result != 'skipped'
+    needs: [build-and-deploy]
+    if: failure()
     
     steps:
     - name: Rollback deployment