diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/gitea.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/gitea.yml
index 2005f57..40bc3a3 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/gitea.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/gitea.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     state: directory
   loop:
     - /opt/stacks/gitea
+    - /opt/stacks/gitea/data
 
 - name: Template out the compose file
   ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/roles/docker/templates/gitea-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/docker/templates/gitea-compose.yml.j2
index 240e540..97f262f 100644
--- a/roles/docker/templates/gitea-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/docker/templates/gitea-compose.yml.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,21 @@ services:
       - 222:22
     extra_hosts:
       - 'auth.thesatelliteoflove.com:172.20.0.5'
+  runner:
+    image: gitea/act_runner:nightly
+    depends_on:
+      - server
+    environment:
+      - CONFIG_FILE=/config.yaml
+      - GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=http://gitea:3000
+      - GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN={{ gitea_runner_key }}
+      - GITEA_RUNNER_NAME=runner_1
+      - GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS=docker
+    volumes:
+      - ./runner-config.yaml:/config.yaml
+      - ./data:/data
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - /opt/stacks/caddy/site:/sites
 volumes:
   gitea:
     driver: local