diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloud-runner-ci-pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/cloud-runner-ci-pipeline.yml
index ffa63186..e30e21f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloud-runner-ci-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloud-runner-ci-pipeline.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ env:
   USE_GKE_GCLOUD_AUTH_PLUGIN: true
   GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN }}
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  CLOUD_RUNNER_MINIKUBE: true
 
 jobs:
   smokeTests:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 0dbca4b2..9d0c7430 100644
Binary files a/dist/index.js and b/dist/index.js differ
diff --git a/dist/index.js.map b/dist/index.js.map
index a221581b..e4a85b27 100644
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diff --git a/src/model/cloud-runner/providers/k8s/kubernetes-storage.ts b/src/model/cloud-runner/providers/k8s/kubernetes-storage.ts
index 7f6f642d..9554b9c4 100644
--- a/src/model/cloud-runner/providers/k8s/kubernetes-storage.ts
+++ b/src/model/cloud-runner/providers/k8s/kubernetes-storage.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,27 @@ class KubernetesStorage {
         },
       },
     };
+    if (process.env['CLOUD_RUNNER_MINIKUBE']) {
+      pvc.spec.storageClassName = `manual`;
+    }
     const result = await kubeClient.createNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim(namespace, pvc);
+    if (process.env['CLOUD_RUNNER_MINIKUBE']) {
+      const hostPathVolume = {
+        metadata: {
+          name: ``,
+          labels: {
+            type: `local`,
+          },
+        },
+        spec: {
+          storageClassName: `manual`,
+          capacity: { storage: `10Gi` },
+          accessModes: ['ReadWriteOnce'],
+          hostPath: { path: `/data` },
+        },
+      };
+      await kubeClient.createPersistentVolume(hostPathVolume);
+    }
 
     return result;
   }