diff --git a/home/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl b/home/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl
index 724a8c06..df25a343 100644
--- a/home/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl
+++ b/home/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@
 {{ $desktopSession := env "DESKTOP_SESSION" -}}
 {{ $hourDark       := 24 -}}
 {{ $hourLight      := 24 -}}
-{{ $osVariant      := "" }}
-{{ $ublueImageInfo := "" }}
+{{ $osVariant      := "" -}}
+{{ $ublueImageInfo := "" -}}
+
+{{ $githubActions := or (env "GITHUB_ACTIONS") false -}}
+{{ $isCI          := false -}}
+{{ if $githubActions -}}
+{{   $isCI = true }}
+{{ end -}}
 
 {{ $loginSession     := 0 -}}
 {{ $loginSessionType := "" -}}
@@ -58,6 +64,9 @@ progress = true
   hour_light = {{ $hourLight }}
   login_session = {{ $loginSession }}
   login_session_type = "{{ $loginSessionType }}"
+  [data.ci]
+    github_actions = {{ $githubActions }}
+    is_ci = {{ $isCI }}
   [data.host]
     chassis = "{{ $chassis }}"
     is_ublue = {{ $isUblue }}
diff --git a/home/.chezmoiscripts/run_once_after_20_distrobox.sh.tmpl b/home/.chezmoiscripts/run_once_after_20_distrobox.sh.tmpl
index 01413758..9469a30b 100644
--- a/home/.chezmoiscripts/run_once_after_20_distrobox.sh.tmpl
+++ b/home/.chezmoiscripts/run_once_after_20_distrobox.sh.tmpl
@@ -15,18 +15,25 @@ clear='\033[0m'
 print_info() { printf "\n${yellow}⚡ ${magenta}%s${clear}" "${@}"; }
 print_success() { printf "\n${cyan}🎉 %s${clear}\n\n" "${@}"; }
 # print_err() { printf "\n${red}💥 %s${clear}\n\n" "${@}"; }
-# print_warn() { printf "\n${yellow}⚠  %s${clear}\n\n" "${@}"; }
+print_warn() { printf "\n${yellow}⚠  %s${clear}\n\n" "${@}"; }
 
 # https://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=ANSI%20Shadow&t=distrobox
 echo '
 ██████╗ ██╗███████╗████████╗██████╗  ██████╗ ██████╗  ██████╗ ██╗  ██╗
 ██╔══██╗██║██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗╚██╗██╔╝
-██║  ██║██║███████╗   ██║   ██████╔╝██║   ██║██████╔╝██║   ██║ ╚███╔╝ 
-██║  ██║██║╚════██║   ██║   ██╔══██╗██║   ██║██╔══██╗██║   ██║ ██╔██╗ 
+██║  ██║██║███████╗   ██║   ██████╔╝██║   ██║██████╔╝██║   ██║ ╚███╔╝
+██║  ██║██║╚════██║   ██║   ██╔══██╗██║   ██║██╔══██╗██║   ██║ ██╔██╗
 ██████╔╝██║███████║   ██║   ██║  ██║╚██████╔╝██████╔╝╚██████╔╝██╔╝ ██╗
 ╚═════╝ ╚═╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝   ╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝  ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝
 '
 
+# shellcheck disable=SC1056,SC1072,SC1083,SC1009,SC1073,SC1054
+{{ if .ci.is_ci -}}
+
+print_warn "running in ci... skipping distrobox systemd oneshot setup"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1056,SC1072,SC1083,SC1009,SC1073,SC1054
+{{ else -}}
 # reload
 #  {{ include "private_dot_config/distrobox/assemble.ini.tmpl" | sha256sum }}
 #  {{ include "private_dot_config/systemd/user/distrobox-arch-oneshot.service.tmpl" | sha256sum }}
@@ -49,4 +56,5 @@ for service in "${_services[@]}"; do
   fi
 done
 
+{{ end -}}
 # vi: ft=bash