diff --git a/.act-event.json b/.act-event.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97ddbc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.act-event.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "act": true
+}
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diff --git a/.actrc b/.actrc
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index 0000000..f349288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.actrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-P self-hosted=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+--container-architecture linux/amd64
+-e .act-event.json
+--bind
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 6c43785..f75d500 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: '0'
+      if: ${{ !github.event.act }} # skip during local actions testing
+
     - name: Set up QEMU
       uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
     - name: Set up Docker Buildx
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..67a23dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.secrets
+.DS_Store
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