diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/image_downloader_runner.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/image_downloader_runner.yaml
index 196d3a3..b545384 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/image_downloader_runner.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/image_downloader_runner.yaml
@@ -36,12 +36,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: host-runner
     container:
       image: gitea.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/custom-runner-debian-slim:latest
+      volumes:
+        - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock # 🚀 CRITICAL: Grants the container control of Docker
+
     strategy:
-      # Prevents all other jobs from failing immediately if one image fails
+      max-parallel: 1
       fail-fast: false 
       matrix:
         image: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.image_matrix) }}
-    
+
+    name: Sync (${{ matrix.image }})
+
     steps:
       - name: Login to gitea
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -54,10 +59,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: docker pull ${{ matrix.image }}
         run: docker pull ${{ matrix.image }}
 
-      - name: docker tag ${{ matrix.image }} to gitea.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/${{ matrix.image }} 
-        run: docker tag ${{ matrix.image }}  gitea.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/${{ matrix.image }} 
-
-
-      - name: Push image
-        run: docker push gitea.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/${{ matrix.image }} 
+      - name: Process, Tag and Push to Gitea
+        run: |
+          RAW_IMAGE="${{ matrix.image }}"
+          
+          # Clean up the image name string to prevent malformed targets
+          # e.g., converts 'ghcr.io/bitwarden/admin:2026.1.0' into 'bitwarden-admin:2026.1.0'
+          CLEANED_NAME=$(echo "$RAW_IMAGE" | sed -E 's|^[^/]*/||' | tr '/' '-')
+          
+          TARGET_IMAGE="gitea.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/${CLEANED_NAME}"
+          
+          echo "Original: $RAW_IMAGE"
+          echo "Target Registry Image: $TARGET_IMAGE"
+          
+          # Perform operations sequentially
+          docker tag "$RAW_IMAGE" "$TARGET_IMAGE"
+          docker push "$TARGET_IMAGE"
 
+      - name: Post Cleanup Host Storage
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          CLEANED_NAME=$(echo "${{ matrix.image }}" | sed -E 's|^[^/]*/||' | tr '/' '-')
+          docker rmi "${{ matrix.image }}" || true
+          docker rmi "gitea.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/${CLEANED_NAME}" || true