Permission issue after deploying new project

Log trace:

[deploy@clarin-eosc-recas-1 ~]$ ./deploy.sh --name vcr --git compose_vcr --tag 1.5.0-alpha1
Remote tag is valid.
Using git repository name: compose_vcr on git@gitlab.com:CLARIN-ERIC/compose_vcr.git
Creating vcr
Cloning
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/deploy/vcr/compose_vcr/.git/
remote: Enumerating objects: 14, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.
remote: Total 14 (delta 0), reused 5 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (14/14), done.
From gitlab.com:CLARIN-ERIC/compose_vcr
 * [new tag]         1.5.0-alpha1 -> 1.5.0-alpha1
HEAD is now at f76601b Updated readme
Counting objects: 14, done.
Delta compression using up to 12 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.
Writing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
Total 14 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
[2020-12-14 09:07:51] [     ] [default] PROJECT_NAME 2=vcr, Working dir: /home/deploy/vcr
[2020-12-14 09:07:51] [     ] [default] COMPOSE_DIR=./compose_vcr
[2020-12-14 09:07:51] [     ] [default] Overlays check working directory: /home/deploy/vcr
[2020-12-14 09:07:51] [     ] [default] Overlays file not found
[2020-12-14 09:07:51] [     ] [default] PROJECT_NAME=vcr, COMMAND=init
[2020-12-14 09:07:51] [     ] [default] init, working dir=/home/deploy/vcr, compose_clarin_dir=./compose_vcr/clarin
[2020-12-14 09:07:51] [     ] [default] Creating ./backups directory
[2020-12-14 09:07:51] [     ] [default] Copying ./compose_vcr/clarin/.env-template to .env
Please specify the desired level for this service.
 [1] - development
 [2] - staging
 [3] - production
 [1|2|3]> 1
[2020-12-14 09:07:55] [     ] [default] Missing .env symlink. Creating new ./compose_vcr/clarin/.env --> /home/deploy/vcr/.env symlink
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘.env’: Permission denied

Script versions:

Build assets:
  Control script: 2.0.0-beta3
  Deploy script:  1.0.5
Projects:
  switchboard: 1.2.4
  postfix: 1.0.6
  heartbeat: 1.0.0
  vcr: 1.5.0-alpha1

Permissions:

[root@clarin-eosc-recas-1 vcr]# ls -la
total 8
drwxrwxr-x.  4 deploy deploy   52 Dec 14 09:07 .
drwxr-xr-x. 10 deploy deploy 4096 Dec 14 09:07 ..
drwxrwxr-x.  2 deploy deploy    6 Dec 14 09:07 backups
drwxr-xr-x.  4 setup  setup    84 Dec 14 09:07 compose_vcr
-rw-------.  1 deploy deploy  803 Dec 14 09:07 .env