diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/nix.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/nix.yaml
index bd37ba3..204f9b8 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/nix.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/nix.yaml
@@ -6,19 +6,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
         
-    - name: Load cached nix store
-      id: cache-nix-store
-      uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
-      with:
-        path: /nix/store
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-nix-store
+    # cache not needed since we now run on the host directly
+    # - name: Load cached nix store
+    #   id: cache-nix-store
+    #   uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+    #   with:
+    #     path: /nix/store
+    #     key: ${{ runner.os }}-nix-store
 
     - name: Check nix flake
       run: |
         nix flake check
 
-    - name: Save nix store
-      uses: actions/cache/save@v4
-      with:
-        path: /nix/store
-        key: ${{ steps.cache-nix-store.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+    # - name: Save nix store
+    #   uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+    #   with:
+    #     path: /nix/store
+    #     key: ${{ steps.cache-nix-store.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
diff --git a/nixos/beefcake.nix b/nixos/beefcake.nix
index 33037a6..3a8339d 100644
--- a/nixos/beefcake.nix
+++ b/nixos/beefcake.nix
@@ -766,7 +766,6 @@ sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x00
           ];
           tokenFile = config.sops.secrets."forgejo-runner.env".path;
           hostPackages = with pkgs; [
-            sh
             bash
             coreutils
             curl
@@ -777,6 +776,7 @@ sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x00
           ];
         };
       };
+      environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [nodejs];
       services.caddy.virtualHosts."git.lyte.dev" = {
         extraConfig = ''
           reverse_proxy :${toString config.services.forgejo.settings.server.HTTP_PORT}