diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
index af8c25c..8f57db5 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ jobs:
   api-unit:
     name: API Unit Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: pip install uv
+
       - name: Cache uv store
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
@@ -99,20 +100,16 @@ jobs:
   api-lint:
     name: API Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run Ruff
-        run: uvx ruff check .
+        run: pip install uv && uvx ruff check .
         working-directory: api
 
   api-integration:
     name: API Integration Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgres:16
@@ -120,20 +117,34 @@ jobs:
           POSTGRES_USER: reactbin
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: reactbin
           POSTGRES_DB: reactbin_test
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
         options: >-
           --health-cmd pg_isready
           --health-interval 5s
           --health-timeout 5s
           --health-retries 10
-      minio:
-        image: bitnami/minio:latest
-        env:
-          MINIO_ROOT_USER: minioadmin
-          MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: minioadmin
-          MINIO_DEFAULT_BUCKETS: reactbin-test
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Start MinIO
+        run: |
+          docker run -d --name ci-minio \
+            -e MINIO_ROOT_USER=minioadmin \
+            -e MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minioadmin \
+            -p 9000:9000 \
+            quay.io/minio/minio server /data
+
+      - name: Create MinIO bucket
+        run: |
+          curl -fsSL https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc -o /tmp/mc
+          chmod +x /tmp/mc
+          until /tmp/mc alias set local http://localhost:9000 minioadmin minioadmin; do sleep 2; done
+          /tmp/mc mb local/reactbin-test
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: pip install uv
+
       - name: Cache uv store
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
@@ -149,9 +160,9 @@ jobs:
         run: uv run pytest tests/integration/ -q
         working-directory: api
         env:
-          TEST_DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://reactbin:reactbin@postgres/reactbin_test
-          DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://reactbin:reactbin@postgres/reactbin_test
-          S3_ENDPOINT_URL: http://minio:9000
+          TEST_DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://reactbin:reactbin@localhost/reactbin_test
+          DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://reactbin:reactbin@localhost/reactbin_test
+          S3_ENDPOINT_URL: http://localhost:9000
           S3_BUCKET_NAME: reactbin-test
           S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID: minioadmin
           S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: minioadmin
@@ -161,6 +172,10 @@ jobs:
           OWNER_USERNAME: testowner
           OWNER_PASSWORD: testpass
 
+      - name: Stop MinIO
+        if: always()
+        run: docker stop ci-minio && docker rm ci-minio || true
+
   # ── Image builds (tag-only, gated on all jobs) ────────────────────────────────
 
   build-api: