diff --git a/cc-ci-plan/reconcile-upstream.sh b/cc-ci-plan/reconcile-upstream.sh
index 0ac88cb..5ecf8f0 100755
--- a/cc-ci-plan/reconcile-upstream.sh
+++ b/cc-ci-plan/reconcile-upstream.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ USED_RECIPES="${USED_RECIPES:-$HERE/used-recipes.md}"
 
 [ -f "$RECONCILE" ] || { echo "ERROR: reconcile helper not found: $RECONCILE" >&2; exit 1; }
 set -a; . "$TESTENV"; set +a
-: "${GITEA_USERNAME:?}"; : "${GITEA_PASSWORD:?}"; : "${GITEA_URL:?}"
+: "${GITEA_USERNAME:?}"; : "${GITEA_PASSWORD:?}"; : "${GITEA_URL:=git.autonomic.zone}"
 
 if [ "${1:-}" = "--all" ]; then
   mapfile -t RECIPES < <(awk '!/^[[:space:]]*#/ && ($2=="weekly" || $2=="external") {print $1}' "$USED_RECIPES")