diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/example-docker-compose.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/example-docker-compose.yml
index e84400f..4e2f547 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/example-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/example-docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: run the example
         run: |
           set -x
-          mkdir -p /srv/runner-data
-          chown 1000:1000 /srv/runner-data
           cd examples/docker-compose
           secret=$(openssl rand -hex 20)
           sed -i -e "s/{SHARED_SECRET}/$secret/" compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           #
           # Launch Forgejo & the runner
           #
-          $cli up -d --remove-orphans
+          $cli up -d
           for delay in $(seq 60) ; do test -f /srv/runner-data/.runner && break ; sleep 30 ; done
           test -f /srv/runner-data/.runner
           #
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
index 4229d85..6431893 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@
 #
 # 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:
 
@@ -24,6 +27,8 @@ 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
@@ -33,6 +38,8 @@ services:
   forgejo:
     image: codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.21
     hostname: forgejo
+    networks:
+      - forgejo
     volumes:
       - /srv/forgejo-data:/data
     ports:
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ 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
       '
@@ -62,12 +69,11 @@ 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