diff --git a/gitea-act-runner/CHANGELOG.md b/gitea-act-runner/CHANGELOG.md
index ae4e326..5dd9917 100644
--- a/gitea-act-runner/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/gitea-act-runner/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.0.1 - 2026-04-02
+
+- fix: act_runner binary path — official image places binary at `/act_runner`, not `/usr/local/bin/act_runner`
+- fix: Dockerfile now symlinks `/act_runner` → `/usr/local/bin/act_runner` at build time
+- fix: run.sh now auto-detects binary location at runtime as a fallback safety net
+
 ## 1.0.0 - 2026-04-01
 
 - Initial release
diff --git a/gitea-act-runner/Dockerfile b/gitea-act-runner/Dockerfile
index 1952df4..0e7458a 100644
--- a/gitea-act-runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/gitea-act-runner/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 ARG BUILD_FROM
 FROM ${BUILD_FROM}
 
-# Install jq to parse /data/options.json provided by the HA supervisor
-RUN apk add --no-cache jq
+# Install jq to parse /data/options.json provided by the HA supervisor.
+# Also create a stable symlink so act_runner is available at /usr/local/bin/act_runner
+# regardless of where the base image places it (official image puts it at /act_runner).
+RUN apk add --no-cache jq \
+ && ln -sf "$(command -v act_runner 2>/dev/null || echo /act_runner)" /usr/local/bin/act_runner
 
 COPY run.sh /run.sh
 RUN chmod +x /run.sh
diff --git a/gitea-act-runner/config.yaml b/gitea-act-runner/config.yaml
index 4fbbba1..180cb8d 100644
--- a/gitea-act-runner/config.yaml
+++ b/gitea-act-runner/config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Gitea act_runner
-version: "1.0.0"
+version: "1.0.1"
 slug: gitea_act_runner
 description: Run Gitea Actions jobs natively on your Home Assistant machine
 url: "https://github.com/martemme/HomeAssistantAddons/tree/main/gitea-act-runner"
diff --git a/gitea-act-runner/run.sh b/gitea-act-runner/run.sh
index eb7ebb9..2535e69 100644
--- a/gitea-act-runner/run.sh
+++ b/gitea-act-runner/run.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,22 @@
 set -e
 
 CONFIG="/data/options.json"
-ACT_RUNNER="/usr/local/bin/act_runner"
-RUNNER_FILE="/data/.runner"
 ACT_RUNNER_CONFIG="/data/act_runner_config.yaml"
+RUNNER_FILE="/data/.runner"
+
+# Locate the act_runner binary (official image places it at /act_runner,
+# Dockerfile symlinks it to /usr/local/bin — accept either).
+ACT_RUNNER=$(command -v act_runner 2>/dev/null)
+if [[ -z "$ACT_RUNNER" ]]; then
+    for _candidate in /act_runner /usr/local/bin/act_runner /usr/bin/act_runner; do
+        if [[ -x "$_candidate" ]]; then ACT_RUNNER="$_candidate"; break; fi
+    done
+fi
+if [[ -z "$ACT_RUNNER" ]]; then
+    echo "[ERROR] act_runner binary not found. Searched: /act_runner, /usr/local/bin/act_runner, /usr/bin/act_runner"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "[INFO] Using act_runner at: ${ACT_RUNNER}"
 
 echo "[INFO] Reading configuration from ${CONFIG}..."