diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index 49a4be1..230cd56 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: nix
     steps:
       - name: Checkout via Native Git
+        env:
+          GITEA_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
         run: |
-          git clone --depth 1 https://token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@${{ format('{0}', replace(github.server_url, 'https://', '')) }}/${{ github.repository }}.git .
-          git checkout ${{ github.sha }}
+          STRIPPED_URL=$(echo $GITEA_URL | sed -e 's|^https://||' -e 's|^http://||')
+          echo "Cloning from: $STRIPPED_URL"
+          # Perform the clone
+          git clone --depth 1 "https://token:${TOKEN}@${STRIPPED_URL}/${REPO}.git" .
+          # Checkout the specific commit
+          git checkout $SHA
 
       - name: Build Docker Image via Nix Flake
         run: |