diff --git a/projects/gitea/values/gitea.yaml b/projects/gitea/values/gitea.yaml
index 82572054..e50c14a4 100644
--- a/projects/gitea/values/gitea.yaml
+++ b/projects/gitea/values/gitea.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ statefulset:
       value: http://proxy-squid.proxy.svc.cluster.local:80
     - name: https_proxy
       value: http://proxy-squid.proxy.svc.cluster.local:80
+    - name: GITEA_APP_INI
+      value: conf/app.ini
 
 securityContext:
   allowPrivilegeEscalation: false