diff --git a/applications/gitlab_runner.nix b/applications/gitlab_runner.nix
index b0535e0..c6dda6b 100644
--- a/applications/gitlab_runner.nix
+++ b/applications/gitlab_runner.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ in {
 
       docker = {
         image = mkOption {
-          default = "alpine:latest";
+          default = "alpine:3.18.4";
           type = types.str;
         };
 
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ in {
     age.secrets.runner_02_general.file = ../secrets/gitlab/runners/runner02.age;
 
     boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_forward" = true; # 1
+    virtualisation.docker.enable = true;
 
     # taken from https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/245365#issuecomment-1663854128
     virtualisation.docker.listenOptions = ["/run/docker.sock" "127.0.0.1:2375"];
@@ -61,10 +62,10 @@ in {
     services.gitlab-runner = {
       enable = true;
 
-      clear-docker-cache = {
-        enable = true;
-        dates = cfg.runner.docker.cleanup_dates;
-      };
+      #      clear-docker-cache = {
+      #        enable = true;
+      #        dates = cfg.runner.docker.cleanup_dates;
+      #      };
 
       services = {
         # might make a function later to have multiple runners, might never need it though