diff --git a/.woodpecker/build.yaml b/.woodpecker/build.yaml
index b506d4d..aad6439 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/build.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/build.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ clone:
     depth: 0
 
 steps:
+- name: prepare
+  image: alpine
+  commands:
+    # Because we run the next step as user 1000 to make podman work:
+    - chown -R 1000:1000 .
+
 - name: build-jars
   image: registry.mnl.de/mnl/jdk21-builder:v3
   environment:
@@ -19,8 +25,6 @@ steps:
     REGISTRY_TOKEN:
       from_secret: REGISTRY_TOKEN
   commands:
-    # Because we run this as user 1000 to make podman work:
-    - git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
     - ./gradlew -Pdocker.registry=$REGISTRY/$REGISTRY_USER build apidocs publishImage
   backend_options:
     kubernetes: