diff --git a/dev/host_vars/proxy.yml b/dev/host_vars/proxy.yml
index 1f0dae2..f4bf756 100644
--- a/dev/host_vars/proxy.yml
+++ b/dev/host_vars/proxy.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ proxy:
     - domain: "{{ bitwarden_domain }}"
       proxy_pass: "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
     - domain: "{{ gitea_domain }}"
-      proxy_pass: "http://127.0.0.1:3080"
+      proxy_pass: "http://127.0.0.1:3000"
 
 # docker
 docker_users:
@@ -34,8 +34,4 @@ bitwarden_install_key: 1yB3Z2gRI0KnnH90C6p
 # gitea
 gitea_domain: "git.{{ base_domain }}"
 gitea_version: 1
-gitea_dbversion: latest
 gitea_dbpass: password
-gitea_ports:
-  - "222:22"
-  - "3080:3000"
diff --git a/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..960fd26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docker_compose: /usr/bin/docker-compose
diff --git a/roles/docker/templates/docker-compose.service.j2 b/roles/docker/templates/docker-compose.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da83e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/templates/docker-compose.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=%i docker service
+PartOf=docker.service
+After=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=true
+WorkingDirectory={{ docker_root }}/%i
+ExecStart={{ docker_compose }} up -d --remove-orphans
+ExecStop={{ docker_compose }} down
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
index 6e62152..a1f831b 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # container settings
 gitea_name: gitea
-gitea_dbname: "{{ gitea_name }}-db"
-gitea_ports: "222:22"
+gitea_sshport: "222"
+gitea_webport: "3000"
+gitea_volume: "{{ gitea_name }}"
 
 # database settings
-gitea_dbuser: "{{ gitea_dbname }}"
+gitea_dbtype: postgres
+gitea_dbhost: host.docker.internal
+gitea_dbname: "{{ gitea_name }}"
+gitea_dbuser: "{{ gitea_name }}"
 
 # host
-gitea_root: "/opt/{{ gitea_name }}/data"
-gitea_dbroot: "/opt/{{ gitea_name }}/database"
+gitea_root: "/opt/{{ gitea_name }}"
diff --git a/roles/gitea/handlers/main.yml b/roles/gitea/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6636499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/gitea/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- name: Reload systemd manager configuration
+  systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
+  listen: gitea_systemd
diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
index c6391e6..40c132f 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,85 +1,31 @@
-- name: Create Gitea Network
-  docker_network:
-    name: "{{ gitea_name }}"
+- name: Create Gitea directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ gitea_root }}"
+    state: directory
 
-- name: Start Gitea's database container
-  docker_container:
-    name: "{{ gitea_dbname }}"
-    image: mariadb:{{ gitea_dbversion }}
-    state: started
-    restart_policy: always
-    volumes: "{{ gitea_dbroot }}:/var/lib/mysql"
-    container_default_behavior: "no_defaults"
-    networks_cli_compatible: true
-    networks:
-      - name: "{{ gitea_name }}"
-    env:
-      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: "true"
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: "{{ gitea_dbname }}"
-      MYSQL_USER: "{{ gitea_dbuser }}"
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "{{ gitea_dbpass }}"
+- name: Install Gitea's docker-compose file
+  template:
+    src: docker-compose.yml.j2
+    dest: "{{ gitea_root }}/docker-compose.yml"
 
-- name: Start Gitea container (traefik routing)
-  docker_container:
-    name: "{{ gitea_name }}"
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{ gitea_version }}
-    state: started
-    restart_policy: always
-    container_default_behavior: "no_defaults"
-    networks_cli_compatible: true
-    ports: "{{ gitea_ports }}"
-    networks:
-      - name: "{{ gitea_name }}"
-      - name: traefik
-    volumes:
-      - "{{ gitea_root }}:/data"
-      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
-      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
-    env:
-      USER_UID: "1000"
-      USER_GID: "1000"
-      DB_TYPE: mysql
-      DB_HOST: "{{ gitea_dbname }}"
-      DB_NAME: "{{ gitea_dbname }}"
-      DB_USER: "{{ gitea_dbuser }}"
-      DB_PASSWD: "{{ gitea_dbpass }}"
-      ROOT_URL: "https://{{ gitea_domain }}/"
-      SSH_DOMAIN: "{{ gitea_domain }}"
-      DOMAIN: "{{ gitea_domain }}"
-    labels:
-      traefik.http.routers.gitea.rule: "Host(`{{ gitea_domain }}`)"
-      traefik.http.routers.gitea.entrypoints: websecure
-      traefik.http.routers.gitea.tls.certresolver: letsencrypt
-      traefik.http.routers.gitea.middlewares: "securehttps@file"
-      traefik.http.services.gitea.loadbalancer.server.port: "3000"
-      traefik.docker.network: traefik
-      traefik.enable: "true"
-  when: traefik_version is defined
+- name: Install Gitea's docker-compose variables
+  template:
+    src: compose-env.j2
+    dest: "{{ gitea_root }}/.env"
 
-- name: Start Gitea container
-  docker_container:
+- name: Install Gitea systemd service
+  template:
+    src: gitea.service.j2
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ gitea_name }}.service"
+  register: gitea_systemd
+
+- name: Reload systemd manager configuration
+  systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
+  when: gitea_systemd.changed
+
+- name: Start and enable Gitea
+  service:
     name: "{{ gitea_name }}"
-    image: gitea/gitea:{{ gitea_version }}
     state: started
-    restart_policy: always
-    container_default_behavior: "no_defaults"
-    networks_cli_compatible: true
-    ports: "{{ gitea_ports }}"
-    networks:
-      - name: "{{ gitea_name }}"
-    volumes:
-      - "{{ gitea_root }}:/data"
-      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
-      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
-    env:
-      USER_UID: "1000"
-      USER_GID: "1000"
-      DB_TYPE: mysql
-      DB_HOST: "{{ gitea_dbname }}"
-      DB_NAME: "{{ gitea_dbname }}"
-      DB_USER: "{{ gitea_dbuser }}"
-      DB_PASSWD: "{{ gitea_dbpass }}"
-      ROOT_URL: "https://{{ gitea_domain }}/"
-      SSH_DOMAIN: "{{ gitea_domain }}"
-      DOMAIN: "{{ gitea_domain }}"
-  when: traefik_version is not defined
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/compose-env.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/compose-env.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f326b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/compose-env.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+gitea_version={{ gitea_version }}
+gitea_name={{ gitea_name }}
+gitea_webport={{ gitea_webport }}
+gitea_sshport={{ gitea_sshport }}
+gitea_dbtype={{ gitea_dbtype }}
+gitea_dbhost={{ gitea_dbhost }}
+gitea_dbname={{ gitea_dbname }}
+gitea_dbuser={{ gitea_dbuser }}
+gitea_dbpass={{ gitea_dbpass }}
diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bd900c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+version: '3.7'
+
+services:
+  gitea:
+    image: "gitea/gitea:${gitea_version}"
+    container_name: "${gitea_name}"
+    ports:
+      - "${gitea_webport}:3000"
+      - "${gitea_sshport}:22"
+      - "127.0.0.1:5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      - USER_UID=1000
+      - USER_GID=1000
+      - GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=${gitea_dbtype}
+      - GITEA__database__HOST=${gitea_dbhost}
+      - GITEA__database__NAME=${gitea_dbname}
+      - GITEA__database__USER=${gitea_dbuser}
+      - GITEA__database__PASSWD=${gitea_dbpass}
+    volumes:
+      - {{ gitea_volume }}:/data
+      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
+      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+
+volumes:
+  gitea:
diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..762da61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Gitea Docker Service
+PartOf=docker.service
+After=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=true
+WorkingDirectory={{ gitea_root }}/
+ExecStart={{ docker_compose }} up -d --remove-orphans
+ExecStop={{ docker_compose }} down
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target