diff --git a/modules/nixos/gitea-actions-runner.nix b/modules/nixos/gitea-actions-runner.nix
index 1b3f834..5490ab1 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/gitea-actions-runner.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/gitea-actions-runner.nix
@@ -41,17 +41,28 @@ in {
           url = "https://git.deertopia.net/";
           tokenFile = token-file;
           labels = [ "nixos:host" ];
+	  hostPackages = with pkgs; [
+	    bash
+	    coreutils
+	    curl
+	    gawk
+	    gitMinimal
+	    gnused
+	    nodejs
+	    wget
+	    nix
+	  ];
         };
 
         # Disable dynamic user so runner state persists via bind mount
-        assertions = [{
-          assertion = config.systemd.services.gitea-actions-runner-sydpc.enable;
-          message = ''
+	assertions = [{
+	  assertion = config.systemd.services.gitea-actions-runner-sydpc.enable;
+	  message = ''
 	    Expected systemd service 'gitea-actions-runner-sydpc' is not
 	    enabled — the gitea-actions-runner module may have changed
 	    its naming scheme.
 	  '';
-        }];
+	}];
         systemd.services.gitea-actions-runner-sydpc.serviceConfig.DynamicUser
 	  = lib.mkForce false;
         users.users.gitea-actions-runner = {