diff --git a/capytal/forge.nix b/capytal/forge.nix
index ed5b5a8..a260f50 100644
--- a/capytal/forge.nix
+++ b/capytal/forge.nix
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  users.users.gitea = {
+    isSystemUser = true;
+    useDefaultShell = true;
+    group = "gitea";
+    extraGroups = ["gitea"];
+    home = config.services.gitea.stateDir;
+  };
+
   # systemd.services.gitea-custom = let
   #   gitea = config.services.gitea;
   #   rsync = lib.getExe pkgs.rsync;