diff --git a/actions/example-force-rebuild/run.sh b/actions/example-force-rebuild/run.sh
index 2f2cb7e..d82890a 100755
--- a/actions/example-force-rebuild/run.sh
+++ b/actions/example-force-rebuild/run.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+
+trap "rm -fr $TMPDIR" EXIT
+
 function setup_with_rebuild() {
     FORGEJO_RUNNER_CONFIG=$EXAMPLE_DIR/runner-config-with-rebuild.yml forgejo-runner.sh reload
 }
@@ -7,28 +11,32 @@ function setup_without_rebuild() {
 }
 
 function run() {
-    local expected="$1"
+    local dir="$1"
+    local expected="$2"
     local repo=root/example-$example
-    forgejo-test-helper.sh push_workflow actions/example-$example $url root example-$example setup-forgejo $token
+    forgejo-test-helper.sh push_workflow $dir $url root example-$example setup-forgejo $token
     sha=$(forgejo-test-helper.sh branch_tip $url $repo main)
     forgejo-test-helper.sh wait_$expected $url $repo $sha
 }
 
 function main() {
+    local dir=$TMPDIR/repository
+    cp -a $EXAMPLE_DIR $dir
+
     # set up passing docker action
-    echo "0" > $EXAMPLE_DIR/.forgejo/local-docker-action/input.txt
+    echo "0" >$dir/.forgejo/local-docker-action/input.txt
     setup_with_rebuild
-    run success
+    run $dir success
 
     # change docker action to fail
-    echo "1" > $EXAMPLE_DIR/.forgejo/local-docker-action/input.txt
+    echo "1" >$dir/.forgejo/local-docker-action/input.txt
     # ... but without a rebuild, it should still pass
     setup_without_rebuild
-    run success
+    run $dir success
 
     # now the action should fail
     setup_with_rebuild
-    run failure
+    run $dir failure
 }
 
 main