diff --git a/templates/gitea/0/docker-compose.yml b/templates/gitea/0/docker-compose.yml
index 05fff1e..30211b6 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/0/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/gitea/0/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ services:
       - gitea-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     environment:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      POSTGRES_USER: gitea
+      POSTGRES_DB: gitea
     labels:
       io.rancher.container.hostname_override: container_name
   #    io.rancher.scheduler.affinity:host_label: host.run=cm