diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index a7506d6..97f9531 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 jobs:
     japa-tests:
         # run build on latest ubuntu
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        container:
-            image: node:16.x
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest       
         steps:
             # this will check out the current branch (https://github.com/actions/checkout#Push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token)
             - name: Check out repository code