diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 6ebbf7e..c2bf2f1 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ jobs:
       apt-cacher-ng:
         image: sameersbn/apt-cacher-ng:latest
         ports:
-          - 3142:3142
+          - 3143:3142
         options: >-
-          --health-cmd "wget --quiet --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3142/acng-report.html"
+          --health-cmd "wget --quiet --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3143/acng-report.html"
           --health-interval 30s
           --health-timeout 10s
           --health-retries 3
@@ -32,16 +32,24 @@ jobs:
       
     - name: Configure apt to use cacher
       run: |
-        echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy "http://localhost:3142";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
-        echo 'Acquire::https::Proxy "http://localhost:3142";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
-        echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy::security.debian.org "DIRECT";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
-        echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy::deb.debian.org "DIRECT";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
-        echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy::archive.ubuntu.com "DIRECT";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
-        echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy::security.ubuntu.com "DIRECT";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
+        # Try to configure apt-cacher-ng, fallback to direct if unavailable
+        if wget --quiet --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3143/acng-report.html 2>/dev/null; then
+          echo "Configuring apt to use cacher on port 3143"
+          echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy "http://localhost:3143";' | tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
+          echo 'Acquire::https::Proxy "http://localhost:3143";' | tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
+          echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy::security.debian.org "DIRECT";' | tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
+          echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy::deb.debian.org "DIRECT";' | tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
+          echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy::archive.ubuntu.com "DIRECT";' | tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
+          echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy::security.ubuntu.com "DIRECT";' | tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
+        else
+          echo "Apt-cacher-ng not available, using direct connection"
+          echo '# Apt-cacher-ng not available, using direct connection' | tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy
+        fi
         
     - name: Wait for apt-cacher-ng to be ready
       run: |
-        timeout 60 bash -c 'until wget --quiet --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3142/acng-report.html; do sleep 2; done'
+        # Wait for cacher with timeout, but don't fail if unavailable
+        timeout 30 bash -c 'until wget --quiet --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3143/acng-report.html; do sleep 2; done' || echo "Apt-cacher-ng not ready, continuing without cache"
         
     - name: Set up build environment
       run: |
@@ -157,7 +165,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Show apt-cacher statistics
       run: |
         echo "=== Apt-Cacher-NG Statistics ==="
-        wget -qO- http://localhost:3142/acng-report.html | grep -E "(Hits|Misses|Bytes|Files)" || echo "Statistics not available"
+        if wget -qO- http://localhost:3143/acng-report.html 2>/dev/null | grep -E "(Hits|Misses|Bytes|Files)"; then
+          echo "Cache statistics retrieved successfully"
+        else
+          echo "Apt-cacher-ng not available or no statistics found"
+        fi
         
     - name: Clean up proxy configuration
       if: always()