diff --git a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
index 0c1549b..5c6ab25 100644
--- a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
         app: gitea
         restart: false
         config:
+          DOMAIN: "git.autonomic.zone"
           ADMIN_MAIL: "{{ autonomic_admin_mail }}"
           ADMIN_PASS: "{{ autonomic_admin_pass }}"
           ADMIN_USER: "{{ autonomic_admin_user }}"
diff --git a/sbin/entrypoint.sh b/sbin/entrypoint.sh
index 5c204f9..aacec68 100755
--- a/sbin/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/sbin/entrypoint.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ setup_db() {
     set -eu
 
     if [ -f "/data/gitea/conf/app.ini" ]; then
-      echo "=====> Running database migration"
+      echo "-----> Running database migration"
       gitea migrate
     fi
 }
@@ -21,21 +21,47 @@ setup_root_user() {
     user_count=$(sqlite3 /data/gitea/gitea.db "select count(*) from user;")
 
     if [[ "${user_count}" == "0" ]]; then
-        echo "=====> Setting up root user for initial deployment"
+        echo "-----> Setting up root user for initial deployment"
         if gitea admin create-user --username "$ADMIN_USER" --password "$ADMIN_PASS" --email "$ADMIN_MAIL" --admin; then
-            echo "=====> root user added"
+            echo "-----> root user added"
         else
-            echo "=====> Failed to add root user"
+            echo "-----> Failed to add root user"
             exit 1
         fi
     fi
 }
 
+setup_app_ini() {
+    set -eu
+
+    if [ ! -f "/data/gitea/conf/app.ini" ]; then
+      return
+    fi
+
+    declare app_ini="/data/gitea/conf/app.ini"
+
+    echo "-----> Setting up root user for initial deployment"
+
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" database DB_TYPE mysql
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" database HOST "${DB_HOST}"
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" database NAME "${DB_NAME}"
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" database USER "${DB_USER}"
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" database PASSWD "${DB_PASSWD}"
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" database SSL_MODE "disable"
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" server PROTOCOL "http"
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" server DOMAIN "${DOMAIN}"
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" server ROOT_URL "https://%(DOMAIN)s/"
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" sserver HTTP_ADDR ""
+    crudini --set "$app_ini" sserver HTTP_PORT "3000"
+
+}
+
 main() {
     set -eu
 
     setup_db
     setup_root_user
+    setup_app_ini
 }
 
 main