diff --git a/playbooks/setup_database_gitea.yml b/playbooks/setup_database_gitea.yml
index ba5bf18..d144a38 100644
--- a/playbooks/setup_database_gitea.yml
+++ b/playbooks/setup_database_gitea.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,15 @@
         - data
         - log
 
+    - name: create gitea config directory
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /etc/gitea
+        state: directory
+        owner: root
+        group: git
+        mode: '770'
+
+