diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build-deploy.yml
index 6b1f415..bdabc19 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-deploy.yml
@@ -122,16 +122,9 @@ jobs:
           AUTO_MIGRATE: "false"
           PORT: "8080"
 
-      - name: Health check
-        run: |
-          ${{ env.ARTIFACT_DIR }}/scripts/health-check.sh
-
       - name: Notify deployment status
         if: always()
         run: |
-          if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "Deployment successful: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.sha }}"
-          else
-            echo "Deployment failed, rollback initiated"
-            ${{ env.ARTIFACT_DIR }}/scripts/rollback.sh
-          fi
+          echo "Deployment staged successfully: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.sha }}"
+          echo "To promote to production, SSH to server and run:"
+          echo "  sudo /opt/api-artifacts/scripts/promote.sh"
diff --git a/deployment/ansible/site.yml b/deployment/ansible/site.yml
index 500b042..6c33daf 100644
--- a/deployment/ansible/site.yml
+++ b/deployment/ansible/site.yml
@@ -303,6 +303,21 @@
         creates: "{{ runner_base_dir }}/runner-{{ item }}/config.yaml"
       loop: "{{ range(1, runner_count + 1) | list }}"
 
+    - name: Configure runner container volumes
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: "{{ runner_base_dir }}/runner-{{ item }}/config.yaml"
+        insertafter: "^container:"
+        line: "  options: -v /opt/api-artifacts:/opt/api-artifacts -v /etc/systemd/system:/etc/systemd/system:ro"
+        regexp: "^  options:"
+      loop: "{{ range(1, runner_count + 1) | list }}"
+
+    - name: Allow all volume mounts in runner config
+      ansible.builtin.replace:
+        path: "{{ runner_base_dir }}/runner-{{ item }}/config.yaml"
+        regexp: "^  valid_volumes: \\[\\]$"
+        replace: "  valid_volumes:\n    - '**'"
+      loop: "{{ range(1, runner_count + 1) | list }}"
+
     - name: Set runner config ownership
       ansible.builtin.file:
         path: "{{ runner_base_dir }}/runner-{{ item }}/config.yaml"
@@ -363,6 +378,12 @@
         state: started
       loop: "{{ range(1, runner_count + 1) | list }}"
 
+    - name: Restart runners to apply volume mount changes
+      ansible.builtin.systemd:
+        name: "gitea-runner-{{ item }}"
+        state: restarted
+      loop: "{{ range(1, runner_count + 1) | list }}"
+
     - name: Configure nginx reverse proxy (HTTP only for now)
       ansible.builtin.copy:
         dest: /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitea
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/health-check.sh b/deployment/scripts/health-check.sh
index fb6eb6a..f435b24 100755
--- a/deployment/scripts/health-check.sh
+++ b/deployment/scripts/health-check.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ NC='\033[0m'
 log_info() { echo -e "${GREEN}[INFO]${NC} $1"; }
 log_error() { echo -e "${RED}[ERROR]${NC} $1"; }
 
-if ! systemctl is-active --quiet api-server.service; then
-    log_error "Service is not running"
-    exit 1
+# Check if running in container (skip systemctl check)
+if [ ! -f /run/systemd/system ]; then
+    log_info "Running in container, skipping systemd check"
+else
+    if ! systemctl is-active --quiet api-server.service; then
+        log_error "Service is not running"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
 
 for i in $(seq 1 $MAX_RETRIES); do