diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-runner.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build-runner.yml
index edb3924..aaa2577 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-runner.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-runner.yml
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "0"
         run: |
           IMAGE_TAG="gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-runner:latest"
-          echo "Pulling base codechecker-runner image..."
-          docker pull gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/codechecker-runner:latest || true
-          echo "Building ${IMAGE_TAG} on top of codechecker-runner..."
+          echo "Building ${IMAGE_TAG}..."
           docker build \
             -t "${IMAGE_TAG}" \
             -f runner/Dockerfile \
diff --git a/runner/Dockerfile b/runner/Dockerfile
index 5309b67..502a58c 100644
--- a/runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/runner/Dockerfile
@@ -1,24 +1,43 @@
-FROM gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/codechecker-runner:latest
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
 LABEL maintainer="me0nline <me0nline@eibl.tech>"
-LABEL description="LOGAR CI/CD & Binary Release Cross-Compilation Runner (based on codechecker-runner)"
+LABEL description="LOGAR Standalone CI/CD & Binary Release Runner"
 
-USER root
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    LANG=C.UTF-8 \
+    LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
-# Install NSIS compiler and any missing Python dev packages onto the existing runner image
+# Install system utilities, Node.js (for Act / Actions), build tools, NSIS, and Python
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl \
+    wget \
+    git \
+    tar \
+    gzip \
+    zip \
+    unzip \
+    build-essential \
+    gcc \
+    make \
+    nodejs \
+    npm \
     nsis \
     nsis-common \
     nsis-pluginapi \
+    python3 \
     python3-dev \
     libpython3-dev \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-venv \
+    libffi-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
-# Install PyInstaller and LOGAR compilation tooling
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --break-system-packages \
+# Install PyInstaller and LOGAR packaging requirements
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir \
     pyinstaller \
     distlib \
     cryptography \
@@ -28,4 +47,8 @@ RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --break-system-packages \
     fastapi \
     uvicorn \
     pydantic \
-    requests 2>/dev/null || pip install --no-cache-dir pyinstaller distlib cryptography pefile cffi pgpy fastapi uvicorn pydantic requests
+    requests
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]