diff --git a/.woodpecker/pipeline.yaml b/.woodpecker/pipeline.yaml
index 49d3b5c..9736bb3 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/pipeline.yaml
@@ -10,32 +10,43 @@ trigger:
 
 environment:
   NODE_ENV: production
+  HOME: /tmp   # Fix for UID 0 "user does not exist"
 
 steps:
-  # Step 1: Install dependencies
+  # Step 1: Restore cached node_modules
+  - name: restore-cache
+    image: node:18-alpine
+    commands:
+      - echo "📦 Restoring cached node_modules..."
+      - mkdir -p /cache
+      - if [ -f /cache/node_modules.tar.gz ]; then tar -xzf /cache/node_modules.tar.gz; fi
+
+  # Step 2: Install dependencies
   - name: install
     image: node:18-alpine
     commands:
       - echo "🔧 Installing dependencies..."
       - npm ci --silent
+      - echo "💾 Saving node_modules to cache..."
+      - tar -czf /cache/node_modules.tar.gz node_modules
 
-  # Step 2: Build Next.js
+  # Step 3: Build Next.js
   - name: build
     image: node:18-alpine
     commands:
-      - echo "🏗️ Building application..."
+      - echo "🏗️ Building Next.js app..."
       - npm run build
 
-  # Step 3: Build and push Docker image
+  # Step 4: Build and push Docker image
   - name: docker-build
     image: docker:24
-    # Use host Docker daemon; no privileged mode needed
     volumes:
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
     environment:
       DOCKER_REGISTRY: git.badger-pirarucu.ts.net
       DOCKER_USER: ${DOCKER_USER}
       DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${DOCKER_PASSWORD}
+      HOME: /tmp
     commands:
       - echo "🔑 Logging into Gitea Docker registry..."
       - echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login "$DOCKER_REGISTRY" -u "$DOCKER_USER" --password-stdin