diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2eea525..dd76db0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,27 @@
-.env
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+# Docker project generated files to ignore
+#  if you want to ignore files created by your editor/tools,
+#  please consider a global .gitignore https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files
+.vagrant*
+bin
+docker/docker
+.*.swp
+a.out
+*.orig
+build_src
+.flymake*
+.idea
+.DS_Store
+docs/_build
+docs/_static
+docs/_templates
+.gopath/
+.dotcloud
+*.test
+bundles/
+.hg/
+.git/
+vendor/pkg/
+pyenv
+Vagrantfile
+.env
+data/
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 059dfd5..e50723a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04 as final
 
 ARG RUNNER_VERSION=0.2.13
 
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
 # needed always
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install wget curl software-properties-common golang -y && \
+    apt-get install wget curl software-properties-common golang mono-complete -y && \
     cd ~ && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x -o nodesource_setup.sh && \
     bash nodesource_setup.sh && apt install nodejs
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f46679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+## How to setup the runner
+
+Place a `.env` file with the following contents in the root dir:
+
+```env
+GITEA_INSTANCE_LEVEL_TOKEN=PLACE_YOUR_GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN_HERE
+```
+
+## How to start the runner
+
+Start with: 
+
+```sh
+sudo docker compose up -d
+```
+
+When you want to rebuild the runner (this creates a new runner) run: 
+
+```sh
+sudo docker compose up --build -d
+```
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4c455a2..ded3a68 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 services:
 
-  # when you want to rebuild the runner (this creates a new runner) run:
-  # sudo docker compose up --build -d
-  gitea-runner-dotnet:
-    container_name: "gitea-runner-generic"
-    restart: unless-stopped
+  runner:
+    #container_name: "gitea-runner-generic" # this can't be used when the runner is using replicas
+    deploy:
+      mode: replicated
+      replicas: 3 # number of instances of the same runner
+    restart: always
     build:
       context: .
+    env_file:
+      - path: .env
+        required: true
     volumes:
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
       - /usr/bin/docker:/usr/bin/docker:ro
-      #- ./config:/config
       - ./data:$HOME/.cache
-      - ./configs/NuGet:/root/.nuget/NuGet
     environment:
-      GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: "https://gitea.sandev.io"
-      GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN: ${GITEA_REG_TOKEN}
-      GITEA_RUNNER_NAME: "gitea-runner-generic"
+      EPHERMAL: true
+      GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: "http://gitea.int.boger.local"
+      GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN: "${GITEA_INSTANCE_LEVEL_TOKEN}"
       GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS: "ubuntu-2204,generic,node-js,golang"
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diff --git a/download-latest.sh b/download-latest.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c78c303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/download-latest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# --- Configuration ---
+GITEA_URL="http://gitea.int.boger.local"
+OWNER="Workflows"
+REPO="gitea-runner-generic"
+TOKEN="<your-gitea-access-token-here>"
+ASSET_NAME="gitea-runner-generic.tar"
+
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script must be run as root or with sudo."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cd /docker/gitea-runner-generic
+docker compose down
+
+# --- Fetch latest release ---
+echo "Fetching latest release info..."
+release_json=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+    "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$OWNER/$REPO/releases/latest")
+
+if [ -z "$release_json" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to fetch release information."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# --- Extract asset URL ---
+if [ -z "$ASSET_NAME" ]; then
+    asset_url=$(echo "$release_json" | jq -r '.assets[0].browser_download_url')
+else
+    asset_url=$(echo "$release_json" | jq -r --arg NAME "$ASSET_NAME" '.assets[] | select(.name==$NAME) | .browser_download_url')
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$asset_url" ] || [ "$asset_url" == "null" ]; then
+    echo "Asset not found in the latest release."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# --- Download asset ---
+echo "Downloading asset from: $asset_url"
+curl -L -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" -o "$(basename $asset_url)" "$asset_url"
+
+echo "Download completed: $(basename $asset_url). Importing..."
+
+docker image rm gitea-runner-generic:latest
+
+docker load --input $ASSET_NAME
+
+rm $ASSET_NAME
+
+docker compose up -d
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diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 99baec1..50b95f3 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 echo "Connecting to ${GITEA_INSTANCE_URL}"
 
-if ! test -f .runner; then
+if $EPHERMAL; then
+    echo "Runner ephermal detected, registering new as ephermal"
+    /app/act_runner register --instance "${GITEA_INSTANCE_URL}" --token "${GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN}" --name "gitea-runner-generic-${HOSTNAME}" --labels "${GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS}" --no-interactive --ephemeral
+elif ! test -f .runner; then
     echo "No .runner file detected, running registration"
-    /app/act_runner register --instance "${GITEA_INSTANCE_URL}" --token "${GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN}" --name "${GITEA_RUNNER_NAME}" --labels "${GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS}" --no-interactive --ephemeral
+    /app/act_runner register --instance "${GITEA_INSTANCE_URL}" --token "${GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN}" --name "gitea-runner-generic-${HOSTNAME}" --labels "${GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS}" --no-interactive
     touch /.runner
 fi