diff --git a/services/gitea.nix b/services/gitea.nix
index 30e33e1..7d5a99c 100644
--- a/services/gitea.nix
+++ b/services/gitea.nix
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
   services.gitea = {
         enable = true;
 	useWizard = true;
+	repositoryRoot = "/var/lib/gitea/gitea-repositories";
   };
 }