diff --git a/hosts/tesla-nixos/configuration.nix b/hosts/tesla-nixos/configuration.nix
index d35e965..5e9cde7 100644
--- a/hosts/tesla-nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/tesla-nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
       # GitLab Runner configured to use the local Docker daemon
       services.gitlab-runner = {
         enable = true;
-
         services = {
           ci-nspawn-docker = {
             authenticationTokenConfigFile = "/var/lib/gitlab-runner/token-env";
@@ -100,7 +99,12 @@
           };
         };
       };
-
+      systemd.services.gitlab-runner.serviceConfig = {
+        StateDirectory = lib.mkForce "";
+        LogsDirectory  = lib.mkForce "";
+        CacheDirectory = lib.mkForce "";
+        RuntimeDirectory = lib.mkForce "";  # optional, keeps things simple
+      };
       # Basics
       systemd.oomd.enable = false;
       services.dbus.enable = true;