diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3fc0689..070c840 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ If `.Values.statefulset.dind.rootless: true` is set, then the following will be
 | `statefulset.actRunner.pullPolicy`        | The Gitea act runner pullPolicy                                                                                                             | `IfNotPresent`                 |
 | `statefulset.actRunner.fullOverride`      | Completely overrides the image registry, path/image, tag and digest.                                                                        | `""`                           |
 | `statefulset.actRunner.extraVolumeMounts` | Allows mounting extra volumes in the act runner container                                                                                   | `[]`                           |
-| `statefulset.actRunner.config`            | Act runner custom configuration. See [Act Runner documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/act-runner#configuration) for details. | `Too complex. See values.yaml` |
 | `statefulset.actRunner.extraEnvs`         | Allows adding custom environment variables                                                                                                  | `[]`                           |
+| `statefulset.actRunner.flushCache`        | whether to clear the .runner (cache) file by creating an extra init container, can slightly increase boot-up time                           | `false`                        |
+| `statefulset.actRunner.config`            | Act runner custom configuration. See [Act Runner documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/act-runner#configuration) for details. | `Too complex. See values.yaml` |
 | `statefulset.dind.rootless`               | a simple flag to let helm know we are dealing with a rootless dind container                                                                | `false`                        |
 | `statefulset.dind.uid`                    | a field to set the running user id for the rootless dind container, so it knows where to look for the socket                                | `""`                           |
 | `statefulset.dind.registry`               | image registry, e.g. gcr.io,docker.io                                                                                                       | `docker.io`                    |
diff --git a/templates/statefulset.yaml b/templates/statefulset.yaml
index f2900e8..4f98f2c 100644
--- a/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.preExtraInitContainers }}
         {{- toYaml .Values.preExtraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.statefulset.actRunner.flushCache }}
+        - name: cache-flusher
+          image: "{{ include "gitea.actions.init.image" . }}"
+          command:
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              if [[ -f /data/.runner ]]; then
+                echo "Removing cache at /data/.runner"
+                rm -v /data/.runner
+              else
+                echo "No .runner file to remove"
+              fi
+          volumeMounts:
+            - mountPath: /data
+              name: data-act-runner
+        {{- end }}
         - name: init-gitea
           image: "{{ include "gitea.actions.init.image" . }}"
           command:
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 1dafba6..ef53d5a 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 ## @param statefulset.actRunner.pullPolicy The Gitea act runner pullPolicy
 ## @param statefulset.actRunner.fullOverride Completely overrides the image registry, path/image, tag and digest.
 ## @param statefulset.actRunner.extraVolumeMounts Allows mounting extra volumes in the act runner container
-## @param statefulset.actRunner.config [default: Too complex. See values.yaml] Act runner custom configuration. See [Act Runner documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/act-runner#configuration) for details.
 ## @param statefulset.actRunner.extraEnvs Allows adding custom environment variables
+## @param statefulset.actRunner.flushCache whether to clear the .runner (cache) file by creating an extra init container, can slightly increase boot-up time
+## @param statefulset.actRunner.config [default: Too complex. See values.yaml] Act runner custom configuration. See [Act Runner documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/act-runner#configuration) for details.
 #
 ## @param statefulset.dind.rootless [default: false] a simple flag to let helm know we are dealing with a rootless dind container
 ## @param statefulset.dind.uid a field to set the running user id for the rootless dind container, so it knows where to look for the socket
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ statefulset:
       #     fieldRef:
       #       fieldPath: metadata.name
 
+    # See full details: https://gitea.com/gitea/helm-actions/issues/73
+    flushCache: false
     # See full example here: https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/src/branch/main/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
     config: |
       log: