diff --git a/.github/runner/Dockerfile b/.github/runner/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fecddb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/runner/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+ARG RUNNER_VERSION="2.323.0"
+
+# Prevents installdependencies.sh from prompting the user and blocking the image creation
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt update -y && apt upgrade -y && useradd -m docker
+RUN apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    curl jq build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3 python3-venv python3-dev python3-pip \
+    # dot net core dependencies
+    libicu74  libssl3 libkrb5-3 zlib1g libcurl4
+
+
+RUN cd /home/docker && mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner \
+    && curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v${RUNNER_VERSION}/actions-runner-linux-x64-${RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    && tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-${RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+RUN chown -R docker ~docker && /home/docker/actions-runner/bin/installdependencies.sh
+
+COPY start.sh start.sh
+
+# make the script executable
+RUN chmod +x start.sh
+
+# since the config and run script for actions are not allowed to be run by root,
+# set the user to "docker" so all subsequent commands are run as the docker user
+USER docker
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["./start.sh"]
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diff --git a/.github/runner/docker-compose.yml b/.github/runner/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b533bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/runner/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# docker-compose.yml
+
+services:
+  github-runner:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        RUNNER_VERSION: 2.323.0
+    container_name: github-runner
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    volumes:
+      - runner-work:/home/runner/actions-runner/_work
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+volumes:
+  runner-work:
diff --git a/.github/runner/example.env b/.github/runner/example.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ab2dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/runner/example.env
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+# Repository name
+REPO="Magnus167/rustframe"
+
+# GitHub runner token
+GH_TOKEN="some_token_here"
+
+# Labels for the runner
+RUNNER_LABELS=self-hosted-linux,linux
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diff --git a/.github/runner/start.sh b/.github/runner/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97e8609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/runner/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+REPOSITORY=$REPO
+ACCESS_TOKEN=$GH_TOKEN
+LABELS=$RUNNER_LABELS
+
+# echo "REPO ${REPOSITORY}"
+# echo "ACCESS_TOKEN ${ACCESS_TOKEN}"
+
+REG_TOKEN=$(curl -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" https://api.github.com/repos/${REPOSITORY}/actions/runners/registration-token | jq .token --raw-output)
+
+cd /home/docker/actions-runner
+
+./config.sh --url https://github.com/${REPOSITORY} --token ${REG_TOKEN} --labels ${LABELS}
+
+cleanup() {
+    echo "Removing runner..."
+    ./config.sh remove --unattended --token ${REG_TOKEN}
+}
+
+trap 'cleanup; exit 130' INT
+trap 'cleanup; exit 143' TERM
+
+./run.sh & wait $!
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-benchmarks-self-hosted.yml b/.github/workflows/run-benchmarks-self-hosted.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..037eca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-benchmarks-self-hosted.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Run benchmarks
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  run-benchmarks:
+    runs-on: self-hosted-linux
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+
+      - name: Run benchmarks
+        run: cargo bench
+
+      - name: Upload benchmark reports
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: benchmark-reports-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: ./target/criterion/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/run-benchmarks.yml
index 42f2b09..b05029e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-benchmarks.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ name: Run benchmarks
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+  # push:
+  #   branches:
+  #     - main
 
 jobs:
   run-benchmarks: