diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 348f271..1b8f6ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ jobs:
           mkcert -install
           mkcert -cert-file certs/localhost.pem -key-file certs/localhost-key.pem localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1
 
-      - name: Cache certificates
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+      - name: Upload certificates
+        uses: christopherHX/gitea-upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          path: certs
-          key: certs-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          name: ssl-certs
+          path: certs/
+          retention-days: 1
 
   frontend:
     name: Frontend CI
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
 
       - name: Restore certificates
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        uses: christopherHX/gitea-download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          path: certs
-          key: certs-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          name: ssl-certs
+          path: certs/
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -61,15 +62,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: setup-environment
     services:
-      postgres:
+      db:
         image: postgres:16-alpine
         env:
-          POSTGRES_DB: piku
-          POSTGRES_USER: user
+          POSTGRES_DB: piku__test
+          POSTGRES_USER: test
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password123
         ports:
-          - 5432:5432
-        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+          - 5442:5432
+        options: --tmpfs /var/lib/postgresql/data --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: ./backend
@@ -82,18 +83,28 @@ jobs:
           cache-dependency-glob: "backend/uv.lock"
 
       - name: Restore certificates
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        uses: christopherHX/gitea-download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          path: certs
-          key: certs-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          name: ssl-certs
+          path: certs/
 
-      - name: Setup Environment
+      - name: Setup & Test
         run: |
           cp ../.env.example ../.env
           uv sync
 
-      - name: Lint & Test
-        run: |
+          export DB_NAME="piku__test"
+          export DB_USER="test"
+          export DB_PASSWORD="password123"
+
+          if [ "$GITEA_ACTIONS" = "true" ]; then
+            export DB_HOST="db"
+            export DB_PORT="5432"
+          else
+            export DB_HOST="127.0.0.1"
+            export DB_PORT="5442"
+          fi
+
           uv run ruff check
           uv run python manage.py test
 
@@ -101,23 +112,27 @@ jobs:
     name: E2E Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: setup-environment
+    # Skipping on Gitea pushes until cache server is configured
+    if: github.server_url == 'https://github.com' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Restore Certificates
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        uses: christopherHX/gitea-download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          path: certs
-          key: certs-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          name: ssl-certs
+          path: certs/
 
       - name: Setup Tools
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
 
       - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
 
-
       - name: Cache Playwright
         id: playwright-cache
+        # Disable cache when not using GitHub Actions because the runner spends ~3mins trying to upload the cache and failing
+        # TODO: setup cache server in Gitea
+        if: github.server_url == 'https://github.com'
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/ms-playwright
@@ -140,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload Playwright Report
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: christopherHX/gitea-upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: playwright-report
           path: frontend/playwright-report/
diff --git a/scripts/run-e2e.sh b/scripts/run-e2e.sh
index 45c31b7..c00ed5b 100755
--- a/scripts/run-e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-e2e.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ until $CONTAINER_BIN exec "$DB_NAME" pg_isready -U "${DB_USER:-test}" >/dev/null
 done
 
 export PIKU_ENV_FILE="$ENV_FILE"
+
+# NOTE: When running in Gitea Actions (within container), We must ponint DB and mail to the internal docker host instead.
+if [ "$GITEA_ACTIONS" = "true" ]; then
+    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y iproute2
+    # Sample: "default via <internal docker host IP> dev <network interface> proto dhcp src <IP> metric 100"
+    HOST_IP=$(ip route show default | awk '/default/ {print $3}')
+    echo "Running on Gitea. Internal Docker host... $HOST_IP"
+
+    export DB_HOST=$HOST_IP
+    export EMAIL_HOST=$HOST_IP
+fi
+
 echo "Starting Backend..."
 mkdir -p ./tmp/logs
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