diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index a39383f3..808fec3b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ jobs:
             local full="${HARBOR}/${PROJECT}/${img}"
             local job="kaniko-${svc}-${IMAGE_TAG}"
 
+            # Use initContainer to clone repo, then kaniko builds from local context
             cat <<JOBEOF | kubectl apply -f -
           apiVersion: batch/v1
           kind: Job
@@ -135,12 +136,22 @@ jobs:
             ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 600
             template:
               spec:
+                initContainers:
+                - name: clone
+                  image: alpine/git:latest
+                  command: ["sh", "-c"]
+                  args:
+                  - |
+                    git clone --depth 1 --branch ${BRANCH} ${GITEA_URL} /workspace/repo
+                  volumeMounts:
+                  - name: workspace
+                    mountPath: /workspace
                 containers:
                 - name: kaniko
                   image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:latest
                   args:
                   - "--dockerfile=Dockerfile"
-                  - "--context=git://${GITEA_URL}#refs/heads/${BRANCH}#${ctx}"
+                  - "--context=/workspace/repo/${ctx}"
                   - "--destination=${full}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
                   - "--destination=${full}:latest"
                   - "--cache=false"
@@ -149,6 +160,8 @@ jobs:
                   volumeMounts:
                   - name: docker-config
                     mountPath: /kaniko/.docker
+                  - name: workspace
+                    mountPath: /workspace
                   resources:
                     requests:
                       cpu: 500m
@@ -164,6 +177,8 @@ jobs:
                     items:
                     - key: .dockerconfigjson
                       path: config.json
+                - name: workspace
+                  emptyDir: {}
           JOBEOF
             echo "Created job ${job}"
           }