diff --git a/gitea-runner/.runner b/gitea-runner/.runner
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index 0000000..137deaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea-runner/.runner
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+{
+  "WARNING": "This file is automatically generated by act-runner. Do not edit it manually unless you know what you are doing. Removing this file will cause act runner to re-register as a new runner.",
+  "id": 2,
+  "uuid": "619db79e-39a2-4a92-9840-d6a87cde7d1f",
+  "name": "stppi",
+  "token": "7361451ecbbe1719fb071e93a334b6f6a531ac45",
+  "address": "http://localhost:3000/",
+  "labels": [
+    "self-hosted:host",
+    "ubuntu-latest:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest",
+    "ubuntu-24.04:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-24.04",
+    "ubuntu-22.04:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-22.04"
+  ],
+  "ephemeral": false
+}
diff --git a/gitea-runner/act_runner b/gitea-runner/act_runner
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..87cab39
Binary files /dev/null and b/gitea-runner/act_runner differ
diff --git a/gitea-runner/nohup.out b/gitea-runner/nohup.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f22cdf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea-runner/nohup.out
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+time="2026-02-18T16:33:27Z" level=info msg="Starting runner daemon"
+time="2026-02-18T16:33:27Z" level=info msg="runner: stppi, with version: v0.3.0-1-g0f7efae, with labels: [self-hosted ubuntu-latest ubuntu-24.04 ubuntu-22.04], declare successfully"
+time="2026-02-18T16:33:37Z" level=info msg="runner: stppi shutdown initiated, waiting 0s for running jobs to complete before shutting down"
+time="2026-02-18T16:33:37Z" level=error msg="failed to fetch task" error="canceled: context canceled"
diff --git a/gitea-runner/run.sh b/gitea-runner/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5d7e5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitea-runner/run.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "Waiting for localhost:3000 to respond..." >&2
+
+while ! curl -sf http://localhost:3000 > /dev/null 2>&1; do
+    sleep 2
+done
+
+echo "localhost:3000 is up. Starting act_runner daemon..." >&2
+
+exec ./act_runner daemon
+