diff --git a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
index ef12e24..bc7df3c 100644
--- a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - hosts: all
   tasks:
+    - name: Load variables
+      include_vars:
+        file: "/var/lib/dokku/data/ansible/gitea/vars.yml"
+        name: app_vars
+
     - name: Setup host Gitea group
       group:
         name: gitea