diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/BackupCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/BackupCommand.cs
index 71c580b..c4c95f6 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/BackupCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/BackupCommand.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public static class BackupCommand
 
         cmd.SetAction(async (parseResult, ct) =>
         {
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             var dep = DeploymentFactory.Create(kind);
             var rootDir = parseResult.GetValue(root)!;
 
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/Cli.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/Cli.cs
index 4b9a62d..b6bcf79 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/Cli.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/Cli.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,28 @@ public static class Cli
         : manifest is not null ? DeploymentFactory.Parse(manifest.Deployment)
         : DeploymentKind.Standard;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Detect which deployment is installed under <paramref name="root"/> by probing each
+    /// deployment's marker file (standard: config.yml, lite: settings.env). Returns null when
+    /// neither is present (nothing installed yet).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static DeploymentKind? DetectInstalledKind(string root)
+    {
+        foreach (var kind in Enum.GetValues<DeploymentKind>())
+            if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(root, DeploymentFactory.Create(kind).InstalledMarker)))
+                return kind;
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resolve the deployment to act on for an EXISTING install (status/logs/update/etc.):
+    /// explicit --deployment wins, else auto-detect from on-disk markers, else fall back to
+    /// standard so the usual "not found" message still surfaces for an empty directory.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static DeploymentKind ResolveInstalledKind(string? deploymentFlag, string root) =>
+        deploymentFlag is not null ? DeploymentFactory.Parse(deploymentFlag)
+        : DetectInstalledKind(root) ?? DeploymentKind.Standard;
+
     public static void ApplyManifestValue(InstallManifest m, string key, string value)
     {
         switch (key)
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/ConfigCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/ConfigCommand.cs
index 44cdd28..dd4b364 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/ConfigCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/ConfigCommand.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public static class ConfigCommand
 
         cmd.SetAction(parseResult =>
         {
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             var dep = DeploymentFactory.Create(kind);
             var rootDir = parseResult.GetValue(root)!;
             var arg = parseResult.GetValue(assignment);
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/LogsCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/LogsCommand.cs
index bcde3d3..98bbe76 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/LogsCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/LogsCommand.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static class LogsCommand
 
         cmd.SetAction(async (parseResult, ct) =>
         {
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             var dep = DeploymentFactory.Create(kind);
             var svc = parseResult.GetValue(service);
             var lines = parseResult.GetValue(all) ? 0 : parseResult.GetValue(tail); // 0 => full log
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/MigrateCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/MigrateCommand.cs
index 944e1db..48aadb4 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/MigrateCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/MigrateCommand.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public static class MigrateCommand
 
         cmd.SetAction(async (parseResult, ct) =>
         {
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             var dep = DeploymentFactory.Create(kind);
             var rootDir = parseResult.GetValue(root)!;
 
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/RenewCertCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/RenewCertCommand.cs
index c3a656c..8aff192 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/RenewCertCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/RenewCertCommand.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public static class RenewCertCommand
 
         cmd.SetAction(async (parseResult, ct) =>
         {
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             if (kind != DeploymentKind.Standard)
             {
                 Cli.Error("renewcert is for standard deployments; lite manages TLS in-container.");
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/RestoreCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/RestoreCommand.cs
index aaa493e..d79e057 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/RestoreCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/RestoreCommand.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public static class RestoreCommand
         cmd.SetAction(async (parseResult, ct) =>
         {
             var archivePath = parseResult.GetValue(archive)!;
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             var dep = DeploymentFactory.Create(kind);
             var rootDir = parseResult.GetValue(root)!;
 
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/StatusCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/StatusCommand.cs
index 0662fb7..69fbf0c 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/StatusCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/StatusCommand.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public static class StatusCommand
 
         cmd.SetAction(async (parseResult, ct) =>
         {
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             var dep = DeploymentFactory.Create(kind);
             var rootDir = parseResult.GetValue(root)!;
 
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/UninstallCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/UninstallCommand.cs
index 61c46eb..f79359a 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/UninstallCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/UninstallCommand.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public static class UninstallCommand
 
         cmd.SetAction(async (parseResult, ct) =>
         {
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             var dep = DeploymentFactory.Create(kind);
             var rootDir = parseResult.GetValue(root)!;
             var doPurge = parseResult.GetValue(purge);
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs b/POC/bwsh/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs
index 7faac52..9730765 100644
--- a/POC/bwsh/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs
+++ b/POC/bwsh/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static class UpdateCommand
 
         cmd.SetAction(async (parseResult, ct) =>
         {
-            var kind = Cli.ResolveKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), null);
+            var kind = Cli.ResolveInstalledKind(parseResult.GetValue(deployment), parseResult.GetValue(root)!);
             var dep = DeploymentFactory.Create(kind);
             var rootDir = parseResult.GetValue(root)!;
 
diff --git a/POC/bwsh/bitwarden-lite.yaml b/POC/bwsh/bitwarden-lite.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c53614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/POC/bwsh/bitwarden-lite.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+deployment: lite
+domain: localhost
+db-provider: sqlite
+db-file: /etc/bitwarden/vault.db
+installation-id: 94389b62-6b3f-413e-8bbb-6c9e4ed83cb3
+installation-key: bwsh-demo
+config:
+  globalSettings__mail__smtp__host: host.docker.internal
+  globalSettings__mail__smtp__port: "1025"
+  globalSettings__mail__smtp__ssl: "false"
+  globalSettings__mail__smtp__startTls: "false"
+  globalSettings__mail__smtp__username: ""
+  globalSettings__mail__smtp__password: ""