diff --git a/dev/compose.yaml b/dev/compose.yaml
index b8040aa..7297518 100644
--- a/dev/compose.yaml
+++ b/dev/compose.yaml
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ services:
     container_name: ${DEV_COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_gitea_runner
     restart: unless-stopped
     privileged: true
+    command: ["act_runner", "daemon", "--config", "/data/config.yaml"]
     volumes:
       - gitea_runner_data:/data
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - ./runner-config.yaml:/data/config.yaml:ro
     environment:
       TZ: ${TIMEZONE:-Europe/Berlin}
       GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: https://${DEV_GITEA_TRAEFIK_HOST}
diff --git a/dev/runner-config.yaml b/dev/runner-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ebdecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/runner-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+log:
+  level: info
+
+runner:
+  file: .runner
+  capacity: 1
+  envs: {}
+  env_file: .env
+  timeout: 3h
+  insecure: false
+  fetch_timeout: 5s
+  fetch_interval: 2s
+  labels: []
+
+cache:
+  enabled: true
+  dir: ""
+  host: ""
+  port: 0
+  external_server: ""
+
+container:
+  network: ""
+  privileged: false
+  options: "-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
+  workdir_parent: ""
+  valid_volumes: []
+  docker_host: ""
+  force_pull: false
+
+host:
+  workdir_parent: ""