diff --git a/nixos/linux.nix b/nixos/linux.nix
index 250f4f5..86f2b0d 100644
--- a/nixos/linux.nix
+++ b/nixos/linux.nix
@@ -147,6 +147,26 @@ in {
     ];
   };
 
+  users.users.gitea-runner = {
+    isSystemUser = true;
+    group = "gitea-runner";
+    extraGroups = [ "docker" ];
+    home = "/var/lib/gitea-runner";
+    createHome = true;
+  };
+  users.groups.gitea-runner = {};
+
+  systemd.services.gitea-runner-ubuntu = {
+    environment.PATH = lib.mkForce (
+      "${pkgs.docker}/bin:${pkgs.git}/bin:${pkgs.nodejs}/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/wrappers/bin"
+    );
+    serviceConfig = {
+      DynamicUser = lib.mkForce false;
+      User = lib.mkForce "gitea-runner";
+      Group = lib.mkForce "gitea-runner";
+    };
+  };
+
   systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
     "d /home/ironmagma/.config 0755 ${username} users"
     "d /root/.config 0755 ${username} users"