diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5f69005e..7884a045 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 variables:
-  NO_DOCKER: 1
+  #  NO_DOCKER: 1
   BUILDKIT_HOST: tcp://veilid-runner-1:8372
   EARTHLY_EXEC_CMD: "/bin/sh"
 
diff --git a/cicd/earthly-setup.sh b/cicd/earthly-setup.sh
index 71edae22..e3f1be44 100755
--- a/cicd/earthly-setup.sh
+++ b/cicd/earthly-setup.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ docker run -d --restart always \
   -v earthly-tmp:/tmp/earthly:rw \
   -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
   --env BUILDKIT_TCP_TRANSPORT_ENABLED=true \
+  --env CNI_MTU=1500 \
   earthly/buildkitd:v0.6.28
diff --git a/cicd/gitlab-runner.sh b/cicd/gitlab-runner.sh
index f5cad329..3099094c 100755
--- a/cicd/gitlab-runner.sh
+++ b/cicd/gitlab-runner.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ install () {
   docker run -d --name gitlab-runner --restart always \
     -v /srv/gitlab-runner/config:/etc/gitlab-runner \
     -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+    --network="host" \
     gitlab/gitlab-runner:latest
 }
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ register () {
   docker run --rm -it \
     -v /srv/gitlab-runner/config:/etc/gitlab-runner \
     -v /tmp/gitlab-runner:/tmp/gitlab-runner \
+    --network="host" \
     gitlab/gitlab-runner register \
     --config /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml \
     --template-config /tmp/gitlab-runner/template.config.toml \