diff --git a/internal/app/run/runner.go b/internal/app/run/runner.go
index 710bb47..00a177d 100644
--- a/internal/app/run/runner.go
+++ b/internal/app/run/runner.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (r *Runner) run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task, reporter *report.
 		ContainerDaemonSocket: r.cfg.Container.DockerHost,
 		Privileged:            r.cfg.Container.Privileged,
 		DefaultActionInstance: taskContext["gitea_default_actions_url"].GetStringValue(),
-		PlatformPicker:        r.labels.PickPlatform,
+		PlatformPicker:        r.pickPlatform,
 		Vars:                  task.Vars,
 		ValidVolumes:          r.cfg.Container.ValidVolumes,
 		InsecureSkipTLS:       r.cfg.Runner.Insecure,
@@ -238,3 +238,11 @@ func (r *Runner) Declare(ctx context.Context, labels []string) (*connect.Respons
 		Labels:  labels,
 	}))
 }
+
+func (r *Runner) pickPlatform(labels []string) string {
+	platform := r.labels.PickPlatform(labels)
+	if platform == "" {
+		platform = r.cfg.Runner.DefaultPlatform
+	}
+	return platform
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml b/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
index 22e1055..4825aaf 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ runner:
     - "ubuntu-latest:docker://gitea/runner-images:ubuntu-latest"
     - "ubuntu-22.04:docker://gitea/runner-images:ubuntu-22.04"
     - "ubuntu-20.04:docker://gitea/runner-images:ubuntu-20.04"
+  # If no labels match the job's runs-on, this will be used
+  default_platform: "gitea/runner-images:ubuntu-latest"
 
 cache:
   # Enable cache server to use actions/cache.
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ container:
   # And other options to be used when the container is started (eg, --add-host=my.gitea.url:host-gateway).
   options:
   # The parent directory of a job's working directory.
-  # NOTE: There is no need to add the first '/' of the path as act_runner will add it automatically. 
+  # NOTE: There is no need to add the first '/' of the path as act_runner will add it automatically.
   # If the path starts with '/', the '/' will be trimmed.
   # For example, if the parent directory is /path/to/my/dir, workdir_parent should be path/to/my/dir
   # If it's empty, /workspace will be used.
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.go b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
index afc34b9..7def129 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Runner struct {
 	FetchTimeout    time.Duration     `yaml:"fetch_timeout"`    // FetchTimeout specifies the timeout duration for fetching resources.
 	FetchInterval   time.Duration     `yaml:"fetch_interval"`   // FetchInterval specifies the interval duration for fetching resources.
 	Labels          []string          `yaml:"labels"`           // Labels specify the labels of the runner. Labels are declared on each startup
+	DefaultPlatform string            `yaml:"default_platform"` // DefaultPlatform specify the image to be used if no runs-on matches our labels
 }
 
 // Cache represents the configuration for caching.
diff --git a/internal/pkg/labels/labels.go b/internal/pkg/labels/labels.go
index d6de373..16f9c5f 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/labels/labels.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/labels/labels.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (l Labels) PickPlatform(runsOn []string) string {
 	// So the runner receives a task with a label that the runner doesn't have,
 	// it happens when the user have edited the label of the runner in the web UI.
 	// TODO: it may be not correct, what if the runner is used as host mode only?
-	return "gitea/runner-images:ubuntu-latest"
+	return ""
 }
 
 func (l Labels) Names() []string {