diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 0bfb915..b2be07a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,28 +12,15 @@ jobs:
     
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      run: |
-        # Manual checkout since we're on a host runner without Node.js
-        if [ -d ".git" ]; then
-          git pull origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
-        else
-          git clone ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }} .
-          git checkout ${{ github.sha }}
-        fi
-        
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
     - name: Set up Python
-      run: |
-        # Check if Python is available
-        python3 --version || python --version
-        # Create a virtual environment for isolation
-        python3 -m venv venv || python -m venv venv
-        source venv/bin/activate
-        echo "VIRTUAL_ENV=$VIRTUAL_ENV" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
         
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        source venv/bin/activate
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         # Install package in development mode
         pip install -e .
@@ -45,20 +32,17 @@ jobs:
         
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
-        source venv/bin/activate
         # Stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-        # Exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        # Exit-zero treats all errors as warnings
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
         
     - name: Run tests with pytest
       run: |
-        source venv/bin/activate
         # Run tests with coverage
         python -m pytest tests/ -v --cov=pyWebLayout --cov-report=term-missing
         
     - name: Test package installation
       run: |
-        source venv/bin/activate
         # Test that the package can be imported
         python -c "import pyWebLayout; print('Package imported successfully')"
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