diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/docker.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/docker.yaml
index 8680272..24692bd 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/docker.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/docker.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Force Internal Networking
+        run: |
+          # Replace 172.23.0.5 with the actual IP from the step above
+          echo "172.23.0.5 gitea" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
+
+          # Configure Docker to allow HTTP for this specific name
+          sudo mkdir -p /etc/docker
+          echo '{"insecure-registries":["gitea:3000"]}' | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
 
       - name: Login to Gitea Registry
         env: