diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-gh.yml b/.github/workflows/build-gh.yml
index deba432d..4e5edccb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-gh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-gh.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,23 @@ jobs:
           echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "RUNNER_LABEL=self-hosted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+  start-runner:
+        uses: i-dot-ai/i-dot-ai-core-github-actions/.github/workflows/start-runner.yaml@feature/start-stop-runners
+        needs: set-vars
+        with:
+            EC2_INSTANCE_TYPE: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.ec2-instance-type }}
+        secrets:
+            AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_USER_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_USER_ACCESS_KEY }}
+            AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_USER_SECRET_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_USER_SECRET_ID }}
+            AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_PAT: ${{ secrets.AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_PAT}}
+            AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+
+
+
   build-image:
     needs:
       - set-vars
-    uses: i-dot-ai/i-dot-ai-core-github-actions/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml@main
+    uses: i-dot-ai/i-dot-ai-core-github-actions/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml@feature/start-stop-runners
     with:
       APP_NAME: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.app-name }}
       RUNNER_LABEL: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.runner_label }}