diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e29bd9c..1653c98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    runs-on: docker
     container: nixpkgs/nix-flakes:nixos-24.05
     steps:
       - name: Initialize CI
diff --git a/nixos-modules/qois/git-ci-runner/default.nix b/nixos-modules/qois/git-ci-runner/default.nix
index 4d02566..fbdcd15 100644
--- a/nixos-modules/qois/git-ci-runner/default.nix
+++ b/nixos-modules/qois/git-ci-runner/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ with lib;
         dockerCompat = true;
         dockerSocket.enable = true;
         autoPrune.enable = true;
+        defaultNetwork.settings.dns_enabled = true;
       };
 
       services.gitea-actions-runner = {
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ with lib;
               capacity = 30;
             };
             cache.enable = true; # TODO: This should probably be a central cache server?
+            # the default network that also respects our dns server settings
+            container.network = "host";
           };
         };
       };
@@ -139,13 +142,13 @@ with lib;
         storage.runroot = "/run/containers/storage";
       };
 
-      virtualisation.containers.containersConf.settings = {
-        # podman seems to not work with systemd-resolved
-        containers.dns_servers = [
-          "8.8.8.8"
-          "8.8.4.4"
-        ];
-      };
+      #virtualisation.containers.containersConf.settings = {
+      #  # podman seems to not work with systemd-resolved
+      #  containers.dns_servers = [
+      #    "8.8.8.8"
+      #    "8.8.4.4"
+      #  ];
+      #};
     }
     {
       systemd.services =