diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
index 6431893..4229d85 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@
 #
 # Replace ${RUNNER_TOKEN} with the token obtained from the Forgejo web interface.
 #
-# Replace ROOT_PASSWORD with a secure password.
+# Replace {ROOT_PASSWORD} with a secure password.
 #
-networks:
-  forgejo:
-
 volumes:
   docker_certs:
 
@@ -27,8 +24,6 @@ services:
     hostname: docker # Must set hostname for both internal DNS and TLS to work as certs are only valid for docker and localhost
     restart: unless-stopped
     privileged: true
-    networks:
-      - forgejo
     environment:
       DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs" # set to "" to disable the use of TLS, also manually update existing runner configs to use port 2375
       DOCKER_HOST: "docker" # remove aswell to disable TLS
@@ -38,8 +33,6 @@ services:
   forgejo:
     image: codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.21
     hostname: forgejo
-    networks:
-      - forgejo
     volumes:
       - /srv/forgejo-data:/data
     ports:
@@ -50,7 +43,7 @@ services:
       bash -c '
       /bin/s6-svscan /etc/s6 &
       sleep 10 ;
-      su -c "forgejo admin user create --admin --username root --password ROOT_PASSWORD --email root@example.com" git ;
+      su -c "forgejo admin user create --admin --username root --password {ROOT_PASSWORD} --email root@example.com" git ;
       su -c "forgejo forgejo-cli actions register --secret {SHARED_SECRET}" git ;
       sleep infinity
       '
@@ -69,11 +62,12 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - /srv/runner-data:/data
       - docker_certs:/certs
-    networks:
-      - forgejo
     depends_on:
       - docker-in-docker
       - forgejo
+    links:
+      - forgejo
+      - docker-in-docker
     environment:
       CONFIG_FILE: config.yml # defaults to /data/config.yml