diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index bed8152..c19b9cd 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ if [[ ! -f "${CONFIG_FILE}" ]]; then
   sed -i "/^  network:/c\  network: host" ${CONFIG_FILE}
   sed -i "/^  privileged:/c\  privileged: true" ${CONFIG_FILE}
   sed -i "/^  options:/c\  options: -v /certs/client:/certs/client" ${CONFIG_FILE}
+  sed -i "/^  valid_volumes:/c\  valid_volumes:\n    - /certs/client" ${CONFIG_FILE}
   sed -i "/^  docker_host:/c\  docker_host: tcp://${DOCKER_HOST}:2376" ${CONFIG_FILE}
 fi
 
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/.gitignore b/examples/docker-compose/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..294fcad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+forgejo/
+forgejo-runner/
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
index 4794985..c15c63d 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
@@ -11,18 +11,23 @@
 # NOTE: a token obtained from the Forgejo web interface cannot be used
 #       as a shared secret.
 #
-# Replace {ROOT_PASSWORD} with a secure password
+# Replace {RUNNER_TOKEN} with the token obtained from the Forgejo web interface.
 #
 
+networks:
+  forgejo:
+
 volumes:
   docker_certs:
 
 services:
-
   docker-in-docker:
     image: code.forgejo.org/oci/docker:dind
+    container_name: docker # needed for docker internal DNS resolution
     hostname: docker  # Must set hostname as TLS certificates are only valid for docker or localhost
     privileged: true
+    networks:
+      - forgejo
     environment:
       DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: /certs
       DOCKER_HOST: docker-in-docker
@@ -31,63 +36,35 @@ services:
 
   forgejo:
     image: codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.21
-    command: >-
-      bash -c '
-      /bin/s6-svscan /etc/s6 &
-      sleep 10 ;
-      su -c "forgejo forgejo-cli actions register --secret {SHARED_SECRET}" git ;
-      su -c "forgejo admin user create --admin --username root --password {ROOT_PASSWORD} --email root@example.com" git ;
-      sleep infinity
-      '
-    environment:
-      FORGEJO__security__INSTALL_LOCK: "true"
-      FORGEJO__log__LEVEL: "debug"
-      FORGEJO__repository__ENABLE_PUSH_CREATE_USER: "true"
-      FORGEJO__repository__DEFAULT_PUSH_CREATE_PRIVATE: "false"
-      FORGEJO__repository__DEFAULT_REPO_UNITS: "repo.code,repo.actions"
+    container_name: forgejo
+    networks:
+      - forgejo
     volumes:
-      - /srv/forgejo-data:/data
+      - ./forgejo:/data
     ports:
       - 8080:3000
 
-  runner-register:
-    image: code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner:3.4.1
-    links:
-      - docker-in-docker
-      - forgejo
-    environment:
-      DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker-in-docker:2376
+  forgejo-runner:
+    ## TODO: Update image to the the release
+    ## made from this PR: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/pulls/283
+    
+    # image: code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner:3.4.1 
+    build: ../../
+    container_name: forgejo-runner
     volumes:
-      - /srv/runner-data:/data
-    user: 0:0
-    command: >-
-      bash -ec '
-      while : ; do
-        forgejo-runner create-runner-file --connect --instance http://forgejo:3000 --name runner --secret {SHARED_SECRET} && break ;
-        sleep 1 ;
-      done ;
-      sed -i -e "s|\"labels\": null|\"labels\": [\"docker:docker://code.forgejo.org/oci/node:20-bookworm\", \"ubuntu-22.04:docker://catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04\"]|" .runner ;
-      forgejo-runner generate-config > config.yml ;
-      sed -i -e "s|network: .*|network: host|" config.yml ;
-      sed -i -e "s|^  envs:$$|  envs:\n    DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2376\n    DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY: 1\n    DOCKER_CERT_PATH: /certs/client|" config.yml ;
-      sed -i -e "s|^  options:|  options: -v /certs/client:/certs/client|" config.yml ;
-      sed -i -e "s|  valid_volumes: \[\]$$|  valid_volumes:\n    - /certs/client|" config.yml ;
-      chown -R 1000:1000 /data
-      '
-
-  runner-daemon:
-    image: code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner:3.4.1
-    links:
-      - docker-in-docker
-      - forgejo
-    environment:
-      DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2376
-      DOCKER_CERT_PATH: /certs/client
-      DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY: "1"
-    volumes:
-      - /srv/runner-data:/data
+      - ./forgejo-runner:/data
       - docker_certs:/certs
-    command: >-
-      bash -c '
-      while : ; do test -w .runner && forgejo-runner --config config.yml daemon ; sleep 1 ; done
-      '
+    networks:
+      - forgejo
+    depends_on:
+      - docker-in-docker
+      - forgejo
+    environment:
+      CONFIG_FILE: config.yml      # defaults to /data/config.yml
+
+      FORGEJO_URL: ${FORGEJO_URL}  # defaults to http://forgejo:3000
+
+      RUNNER_FILE:  runner.json    # defaults to /data/runner.json
+      RUNNER_NAME:  forgejo-runner # defaults to forgejo-runner, used for registration
+      RUNNER_TOKEN: "{RUNNER_TOKEN}"
+      RUNNER_USER:  1000           # defaults to 1000