diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-demo-workflow.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-demo-workflow.yml
index 1ce2fee..663dc53 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-demo-workflow.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-demo-workflow.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
       cd /srv/demo ;
       git init --initial-branch=main ;
       mkdir -p .forgejo/workflows ;
-      echo "{ on: [push], jobs: { test: { runs-on: docker, steps: [ { run: echo All Good } ] } } }" > .forgejo/workflows/demo.yml ;
+      echo "{ on: [push], jobs: { test: { runs-on: docker, steps: [ {uses: actions/checkout@v4}, { run: echo All Good } ] } } }" > .forgejo/workflows/demo.yml ;
       git add . ;
       git config user.email root@example.com ;
       git config user.name username ;
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
index 05a5110..ae432b9 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ services:
         sleep 1 ;
       done ;
       forgejo-runner generate-config > config.yml ;
+      sed -i -e "s|network: .*|network: host|" config.yml ;
       sed -i -e "s|labels: \[\]|labels: \[\"docker:docker://alpine:3.18\"\]|" config.yml ;
       chown -R 1000:1000 /data
       '