diff --git a/modules/servers/per-server/freyja/services/forgejo-runner.nix b/modules/servers/per-server/freyja/services/forgejo-runner.nix
index a176910..2670434 100644
--- a/modules/servers/per-server/freyja/services/forgejo-runner.nix
+++ b/modules/servers/per-server/freyja/services/forgejo-runner.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       # tokenFile should be in format TOKEN=<secret>, since it's EnvironmentFile for systemd
       tokenFile = config.age.secrets.forgejo-runner-token.path;
       labels = [
+        "node:docker://node:22-bookworm"
         "nix:docker://forgejo-runner-nix"
         ## optionally provide native execution on the host:
         "native:host"