diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 1b31698..9a5337b 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
             "/unittests/**/*.yaml"
         ]
     },
-    "yaml.schemaStore.enable": true
+    "yaml.schemaStore.enable": true,
+    "[shellscript]": {
+        "files.eol": "\n",
+        "editor.tabSize": 2
+    }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/token.sh b/scripts/act_runner/token.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/token.sh
rename to scripts/act_runner/token.sh
diff --git a/scripts/init-containers/config/config_environment.sh b/scripts/init-containers/config/config_environment.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc6a7a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/init-containers/config/config_environment.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+function env2ini::log() {
+  printf "${1}\n"
+}
+
+function env2ini::read_config_to_env() {
+  local section="${1}"
+  local line="${2}"
+
+  if [[ -z "${line}" ]]; then
+    # skip empty line
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # 'xargs echo -n' trims all leading/trailing whitespaces and a trailing new line
+  local setting="$(awk -F '=' '{print $1}' <<< "${line}" | xargs echo -n)"
+
+  if [[ -z "${setting}" ]]; then
+    env2ini::log '  ! invalid setting'
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  local value=''
+  local regex="^${setting}(\s*)=(\s*)(.*)"
+  if [[ $line =~ $regex ]]; then
+    value="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+  else
+    env2ini::log '  ! invalid setting'
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  env2ini::log "    + '${setting}'"
+
+  if [[ -z "${section}" ]]; then
+    export "GITEA____${setting^^}=${value}"                           # '^^' makes the variable content uppercase
+    return
+  fi
+
+  local masked_section="${section//./_0X2E_}"                            # '//' instructs to replace all matches
+  masked_section="${masked_section//-/_0X2D_}"
+
+  export "GITEA__${masked_section^^}__${setting^^}=${value}"        # '^^' makes the variable content uppercase
+}
+
+function env2ini::reload_preset_envs() {
+  env2ini::log "Reloading preset envs..."
+
+  while read -r line; do
+    if [[ -z "${line}" ]]; then
+      # skip empty line
+      return
+    fi
+
+    # 'xargs echo -n' trims all leading/trailing whitespaces and a trailing new line
+    local setting="$(awk -F '=' '{print $1}' <<< "${line}" | xargs echo -n)"
+
+    if [[ -z "${setting}" ]]; then
+      env2ini::log '  ! invalid setting'
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    local value=''
+    local regex="^${setting}(\s*)=(\s*)(.*)"
+    if [[ $line =~ $regex ]]; then
+      value="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+    else
+      env2ini::log '  ! invalid setting'
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    env2ini::log "  + '${setting}'"
+
+    export "${setting^^}=${value}"                           # '^^' makes the variable content uppercase
+  done < "/tmp/existing-envs"
+
+  rm /tmp/existing-envs
+}
+
+
+function env2ini::process_config_file() {
+  local config_file="${1}"
+  local section="$(basename "${config_file}")"
+
+  if [[ $section == '_generals_' ]]; then
+    env2ini::log "  [ini root]"
+    section=''
+  else
+    env2ini::log "  ${section}"
+  fi
+
+  while read -r line; do
+    env2ini::read_config_to_env "${section}" "${line}"
+  done < <(awk 1 "${config_file}")                             # Helm .toYaml trims the trailing new line which breaks line processing; awk 1 ... adds it back while reading
+}
+
+function env2ini::load_config_sources() {
+  local path="${1}"
+
+  if [[ -d "${path}" ]]; then
+    env2ini::log "Processing $(basename "${path}")..."
+
+    while read -d '' configFile; do
+      env2ini::process_config_file "${configFile}"
+    done < <(find "${path}" -type l -not -name '..data' -print0)
+
+    env2ini::log "\n"
+  fi
+}
+
+function env2ini::generate_initial_secrets() {
+  # These environment variables will either be
+  #   - overwritten with user defined values,
+  #   - initially used to set up Gitea
+  # Anyway, they won't harm existing app.ini files
+
+  export GITEA__SECURITY__INTERNAL_TOKEN=$(gitea generate secret INTERNAL_TOKEN)
+  export GITEA__SECURITY__SECRET_KEY=$(gitea generate secret SECRET_KEY)
+  export GITEA__OAUTH2__JWT_SECRET=$(gitea generate secret JWT_SECRET)
+  export GITEA__SERVER__LFS_JWT_SECRET=$(gitea generate secret LFS_JWT_SECRET)
+
+  env2ini::log "...Initial secrets generated\n"
+}
+
+# save existing envs prior to script execution. Necessary to keep order of preexisting and custom envs
+env | (grep -e '^GITEA__' || [[ $? == 1 ]]) > /tmp/existing-envs
+
+# MUST BE CALLED BEFORE OTHER CONFIGURATION
+env2ini::generate_initial_secrets
+
+env2ini::load_config_sources '/env-to-ini-mounts/inlines/'
+env2ini::load_config_sources '/env-to-ini-mounts/additionals/'
+
+# load existing envs to override auto generated envs
+env2ini::reload_preset_envs
+
+env2ini::log "=== All configuration sources loaded ===\n"
+
+# safety to prevent rewrite of secret keys if an app.ini already exists
+if [ -f ${GITEA_APP_INI} ]; then
+  env2ini::log 'An app.ini file already exists. To prevent overwriting secret keys, these settings are dropped and remain unchanged:'
+  env2ini::log '  - security.INTERNAL_TOKEN'
+  env2ini::log '  - security.SECRET_KEY'
+  env2ini::log '  - oauth2.JWT_SECRET'
+  env2ini::log '  - server.LFS_JWT_SECRET'
+
+  unset GITEA__SECURITY__INTERNAL_TOKEN
+  unset GITEA__SECURITY__SECRET_KEY
+  unset GITEA__OAUTH2__JWT_SECRET
+  unset GITEA__SERVER__LFS_JWT_SECRET
+fi
+
+environment-to-ini -o $GITEA_APP_INI
diff --git a/scripts/init-containers/init/configure_gpg_environment.sh b/scripts/init-containers/init/configure_gpg_environment.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..686a318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/init-containers/init/configure_gpg_environment.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+gpg --batch --import /raw/private.asc
diff --git a/templates/gitea/act_runner/config-scripts.yaml b/templates/gitea/act_runner/config-scripts.yaml
index 31b926e..5c47763 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/act_runner/config-scripts.yaml
+++ b/templates/gitea/act_runner/config-scripts.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "gitea.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 data:
-{{ (.Files.Glob "scripts/*.sh").AsConfig | indent 2 }}
+{{ (.Files.Glob "scripts/act_runner/*.sh").AsConfig | indent 2 }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/templates/gitea/config.yaml b/templates/gitea/config.yaml
index 897c8c9..1ef5b61 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/config.yaml
+++ b/templates/gitea/config.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "gitea.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
 stringData:
+{{ (.Files.Glob "scripts/init-containers/config/*.sh").AsConfig | indent 2 }}
   assertions: |
 
     {{- /*assert that only one PG dep is enabled */ -}}
@@ -54,158 +55,3 @@ stringData:
       {{- end }}
       
     {{- end }}
-  config_environment.sh: |-
-    #!/usr/bin/env bash
-    set -euo pipefail
-
-    function env2ini::log() {
-      printf "${1}\n"
-    }
-
-    function env2ini::read_config_to_env() {
-      local section="${1}"
-      local line="${2}"
-
-      if [[ -z "${line}" ]]; then
-        # skip empty line
-        return
-      fi
-      
-      # 'xargs echo -n' trims all leading/trailing whitespaces and a trailing new line
-      local setting="$(awk -F '=' '{print $1}' <<< "${line}" | xargs echo -n)"
-
-      if [[ -z "${setting}" ]]; then
-        env2ini::log '  ! invalid setting'
-        exit 1
-      fi
-
-      local value=''
-      local regex="^${setting}(\s*)=(\s*)(.*)"
-      if [[ $line =~ $regex ]]; then
-        value="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
-      else
-        env2ini::log '  ! invalid setting'
-        exit 1
-      fi
-
-      env2ini::log "    + '${setting}'"
-
-      if [[ -z "${section}" ]]; then
-        export "GITEA____${setting^^}=${value}"                           # '^^' makes the variable content uppercase
-        return
-      fi
-
-      local masked_section="${section//./_0X2E_}"                            # '//' instructs to replace all matches
-      masked_section="${masked_section//-/_0X2D_}"
-
-      export "GITEA__${masked_section^^}__${setting^^}=${value}"        # '^^' makes the variable content uppercase
-    }
-
-    function env2ini::reload_preset_envs() {
-      env2ini::log "Reloading preset envs..."
-
-      while read -r line; do
-        if [[ -z "${line}" ]]; then
-          # skip empty line
-          return
-        fi
-
-        # 'xargs echo -n' trims all leading/trailing whitespaces and a trailing new line
-        local setting="$(awk -F '=' '{print $1}' <<< "${line}" | xargs echo -n)"
-
-        if [[ -z "${setting}" ]]; then
-          env2ini::log '  ! invalid setting'
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-        local value=''
-        local regex="^${setting}(\s*)=(\s*)(.*)"
-        if [[ $line =~ $regex ]]; then
-          value="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
-        else
-          env2ini::log '  ! invalid setting'
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-        env2ini::log "  + '${setting}'"
-
-        export "${setting^^}=${value}"                           # '^^' makes the variable content uppercase
-      done < "/tmp/existing-envs"
-
-      rm /tmp/existing-envs
-    }
-
-
-    function env2ini::process_config_file() {
-      local config_file="${1}"
-      local section="$(basename "${config_file}")"
-
-      if [[ $section == '_generals_' ]]; then
-        env2ini::log "  [ini root]"
-        section=''
-      else
-        env2ini::log "  ${section}"
-      fi
-
-      while read -r line; do
-        env2ini::read_config_to_env "${section}" "${line}"
-      done < <(awk 1 "${config_file}")                             # Helm .toYaml trims the trailing new line which breaks line processing; awk 1 ... adds it back while reading
-    }
-
-    function env2ini::load_config_sources() {
-      local path="${1}"
-
-      if [[ -d "${path}" ]]; then
-        env2ini::log "Processing $(basename "${path}")..."
-
-        while read -d '' configFile; do
-          env2ini::process_config_file "${configFile}"
-        done < <(find "${path}" -type l -not -name '..data' -print0)
-
-        env2ini::log "\n"
-      fi
-    }
-
-    function env2ini::generate_initial_secrets() {
-      # These environment variables will either be
-      #   - overwritten with user defined values,
-      #   - initially used to set up Gitea
-      # Anyway, they won't harm existing app.ini files
-
-      export GITEA__SECURITY__INTERNAL_TOKEN=$(gitea generate secret INTERNAL_TOKEN)
-      export GITEA__SECURITY__SECRET_KEY=$(gitea generate secret SECRET_KEY)
-      export GITEA__OAUTH2__JWT_SECRET=$(gitea generate secret JWT_SECRET)
-      export GITEA__SERVER__LFS_JWT_SECRET=$(gitea generate secret LFS_JWT_SECRET)
-
-      env2ini::log "...Initial secrets generated\n"
-    }
-    
-    # save existing envs prior to script execution. Necessary to keep order of preexisting and custom envs
-    env | (grep -e '^GITEA__' || [[ $? == 1 ]]) > /tmp/existing-envs
-    
-    # MUST BE CALLED BEFORE OTHER CONFIGURATION
-    env2ini::generate_initial_secrets
-
-    env2ini::load_config_sources '/env-to-ini-mounts/inlines/'
-    env2ini::load_config_sources '/env-to-ini-mounts/additionals/'
-
-    # load existing envs to override auto generated envs
-    env2ini::reload_preset_envs
-
-    env2ini::log "=== All configuration sources loaded ===\n"
-
-    # safety to prevent rewrite of secret keys if an app.ini already exists
-    if [ -f ${GITEA_APP_INI} ]; then
-      env2ini::log 'An app.ini file already exists. To prevent overwriting secret keys, these settings are dropped and remain unchanged:'
-      env2ini::log '  - security.INTERNAL_TOKEN'
-      env2ini::log '  - security.SECRET_KEY'
-      env2ini::log '  - oauth2.JWT_SECRET'
-      env2ini::log '  - server.LFS_JWT_SECRET'
-
-      unset GITEA__SECURITY__INTERNAL_TOKEN
-      unset GITEA__SECURITY__SECRET_KEY
-      unset GITEA__OAUTH2__JWT_SECRET
-      unset GITEA__SERVER__LFS_JWT_SECRET
-    fi
-
-    environment-to-ini -o $GITEA_APP_INI
diff --git a/templates/gitea/init.yaml b/templates/gitea/init.yaml
index 5adc9a3..8470a55 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/init.yaml
+++ b/templates/gitea/init.yaml
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "gitea.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
 stringData:
-  configure_gpg_environment.sh: |-
-    #!/usr/bin/env bash
-    set -eu
-
-    gpg --batch --import /raw/private.asc
+{{ (.Files.Glob "scripts/init-containers/init/*.sh").AsConfig | indent 2 }}
   init_directory_structure.sh: |-
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
diff --git a/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh-rootless.yaml b/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh-rootless.yaml
index e41ca4d..63a244e 100644
--- a/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh-rootless.yaml
+++ b/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh-rootless.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: stringData["configure_gpg_environment.sh"]
-          value: |-
+          value: |
             #!/usr/bin/env bash
             set -eu
 
diff --git a/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh.yaml b/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh.yaml
index 7327265..56b7402 100644
--- a/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh.yaml
+++ b/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: stringData["configure_gpg_environment.sh"]
-          value: |-
+          value: |
             #!/usr/bin/env bash
             set -eu