diff --git a/nki-personal-do/gitea.nix b/nki-personal-do/gitea.nix
index 0b1d7ce..0183d51 100644
--- a/nki-personal-do/gitea.nix
+++ b/nki-personal-do/gitea.nix
@@ -152,8 +152,11 @@ in
       };
 
       federation.ENABLED = true;
+
     };
 
+    stateDir = "/mnt/data/gitea";
+
     mailerPasswordFile = secrets."gitea/mailer-password".path;
 
     database = {