diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 5a0f929..7644158 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,34 +17,51 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install V
         run: |
           set -e
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
           echo "Trying to download V from GitHub..."
+          mkdir -p /opt/v
           if curl -fsSL --connect-timeout 10 https://github.com/vlang/v/releases/latest/download/v_linux.zip -o /tmp/v.zip; then
             unzip -q /tmp/v.zip -d /opt/v
-            ln -s /opt/v/v /usr/local/bin/v
+            # V binary may be at /opt/v/v or /opt/v/v/v depending on zip structure
+            V_BIN=$(find /opt/v -name v -type f | head -1)
+            if [ -n "$V_BIN" ]; then
+              ln -sf "$V_BIN" /usr/local/bin/v 2>/dev/null || ln -sf "$V_BIN" $HOME/.local/bin/v
+            fi
+            export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
           else
             echo "GitHub unreachable — installing V from source (no submodules)..."
             git clone --depth 1 --single-branch --recurse-submodules=no https://github.com/vlang/v /opt/v 2>/dev/null || true
             if [ -f /opt/v/v ]; then
-              ln -s /opt/v/v /usr/local/bin/v
+              ln -sf /opt/v/v $HOME/.local/bin/v
             else
               cd /opt/v && make without_tcc 2>/dev/null || make 2>/dev/null || true
-              ln -s /opt/v/v /usr/local/bin/v 2>/dev/null || true
+              ln -sf /opt/v/v $HOME/.local/bin/v 2>/dev/null || true
             fi
+            export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
           fi
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
           echo "V version:" && v version
 
       - name: Build Linux x86_64
+        env:
+          PATH: $HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
         run: |
           mkdir -p build
           v -prod -os linux -arch amd64 -o build/ntfy-bridge-linux-x86_64 .
 
       - name: Build Linux arm64 (Raspberry Pi)
+        env:
+          PATH: $HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
         run: v -prod -os linux -arch arm64 -o build/ntfy-bridge-linux-arm64 .
 
       - name: Build Windows x86_64
+        env:
+          PATH: $HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
         run: v -prod -os windows -arch amd64 -o build/ntfy-bridge-windows-x86_64.exe .
 
       - name: Test
+        env:
+          PATH: $HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
         run: v test .
 
       - name: Upload artifacts