diff --git a/ansible/setup-runner.yml b/ansible/setup-runner.yml
index 760cbfe..b9cc8df 100644
--- a/ansible/setup-runner.yml
+++ b/ansible/setup-runner.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,24 @@
       register: runner_registrations
       changed_when: runner_registrations.rc == 0
 
+    - name: Create runner config files
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: "/etc/act_runner-{{ item }}/config.yaml"
+        content: |
+          log:
+            level: info
+          runner:
+            file: .runner
+            capacity: 1
+            timeout: 3h
+          container:
+            network: host
+            privileged: false
+            options: 
+            workdir_parent:
+        mode: "0644"
+      with_sequence: start=1 end={{ runner_count }}
+
     - name: Display registration warning if token not provided
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: "Runner registration skipped - no token provided. Re-run with -e gitea_runner_token=TOKEN"
@@ -99,7 +117,7 @@
 
           [Service]
           Type=simple
-          ExecStart={{ runner_binary }} daemon
+          ExecStart={{ runner_binary }} daemon --config config.yaml
           WorkingDirectory=/etc/act_runner-{{ item }}
           Restart=always
           RestartSec=10