diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 97bc093..d4c2ddd 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ jobs:
   check:
     # Fast fail: lockfile sync, types, lint — catches in ~2 min what would
     # otherwise kill the APK build twenty minutes in.
-    runs-on: desktop
-    container:
-      image: node:22
+    runs-on: macbook
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         run: |
           git init -q .
           git fetch -q --depth 1 "https://git.rehbock.xyz/${{ github.repository }}.git" "${{ github.sha }}"
-          git checkout -q FETCH_HEAD
+          git checkout -q -f FETCH_HEAD
+          git clean -qfd
       - name: Lockfile + typecheck + lint
         run: |
+          export PATH="$HOME/.hermes/node/bin:$PATH"
           cd app
           npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
           npx tsc --noEmit
@@ -35,49 +35,38 @@ jobs:
 
   build:
     needs: check
-    # RN/NDK builds starve the 4-core VPS — run on the desktop runner
-    # (marcusDesktop). Jobs queue while the desktop is off and start when it
-    # comes online; switch back to ubuntu-latest to build on the VPS.
-    runs-on: desktop
-    container:
-      image: eclipse-temurin:21-jdk
+    # Runs natively on the MacBook Air (gitea-runner in host mode, label
+    # "macbook"): Java 21 from Homebrew, the Android SDK from Android Studio,
+    # node 22 from ~/.hermes. No container, no SDK download.
+    runs-on: macbook
+    env:
+      ANDROID_HOME: /Users/marcus/Library/Android/sdk
+      JAVA_HOME: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk@21/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
     steps:
-      # actions/checkout needs node, which this container lacks — clone directly
       - name: Checkout
         run: |
-          apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq git unzip curl >/dev/null
           git init -q .
           git fetch -q --depth 1 "https://git.rehbock.xyz/${{ github.repository }}.git" "${{ github.sha }}"
-          git checkout -q FETCH_HEAD
+          git checkout -q -f FETCH_HEAD
+          git clean -qfd
 
-      - name: Install Node.js
+      - name: Toolchain
         run: |
-          curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | bash - >/dev/null 2>&1
-          apt-get install -y -qq nodejs >/dev/null
+          export PATH="$HOME/.hermes/node/bin:$PATH"
           node --version
-
-      - name: Install Android SDK
-        # $HOME/android-sdk is a persistent runner volume — skip when warm.
-        run: |
-          if [ ! -d "$HOME/android-sdk/platforms/android-36" ]; then
-            mkdir -p "$HOME/android-sdk/cmdline-tools"
-            curl -sLo /tmp/ct.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-11076708_latest.zip
-            unzip -q /tmp/ct.zip -d /tmp
-            mv /tmp/cmdline-tools "$HOME/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest"
-            yes | "$HOME/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager" --sdk_root="$HOME/android-sdk" --licenses >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-            "$HOME/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager" --sdk_root="$HOME/android-sdk" \
-              "platform-tools" "platforms;android-36" "build-tools;36.0.0" >/dev/null
-          else
-            echo "SDK cache warm — skipping install"
-          fi
+          "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -version
+          test -d "$ANDROID_HOME/platforms/android-36"
+          test -d "$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/36.0.0"
 
       - name: Install app dependencies
-        run: cd app && npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
+        run: |
+          export PATH="$HOME/.hermes/node/bin:$PATH"
+          cd app && npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
 
       - name: Decode signing keystore
         env:
           KEYSTORE_B64: ${{ secrets.KEYSTORE_B64 }}
-        run: echo "$KEYSTORE_B64" | base64 -d > /tmp/release.jks
+        run: echo "$KEYSTORE_B64" | base64 --decode > /tmp/release.jks
 
       - name: Build signed release APK
         env:
@@ -90,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION_CODE: ${{ github.run_number }}
           VERSION_NAME: 1.${{ github.run_number }}
         run: |
-          export ANDROID_HOME="$HOME/android-sdk"
+          export PATH="$HOME/.hermes/node/bin:$PATH"
           cd app/android
           echo "sdk.dir=$ANDROID_HOME" > local.properties
           ./gradlew assembleRelease --no-daemon --console=plain
diff --git a/app/.gitignore b/app/.gitignore
index 7ad0672..b8b8422 100644
--- a/app/.gitignore
+++ b/app/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ example
 
 # generated native folders (android/ is committed — CI builds it)
 /ios
+*.apk
diff --git a/app/eas.json b/app/eas.json
index a7c0cd2..3c6fefe 100644
--- a/app/eas.json
+++ b/app/eas.json
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
         "buildType": "apk"
       },
       "env": {
-        "VERSION_CODE": "18",
-        "VERSION_NAME": "1.18"
+        "VERSION_CODE": "22",
+        "VERSION_NAME": "1.22"
       },
       "node": "22.20.0"
     }