diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gitea-actions-runner.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gitea-actions-runner.nix
index fa26ab3ecd22..25523b058795 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gitea-actions-runner.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gitea-actions-runner.nix
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ in
             TOKEN = "${instance.token}";
           } // optionalAttrs (wantsPodman) {
             DOCKER_HOST = "unix:///run/podman/podman.sock";
+          } // {
+            HOME = "/var/lib/gitea-runner/${name}";
           };
           path = with pkgs; [
             coreutils