diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.json b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.json
index ec83f68..d5cb969 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.json
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.json
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@
 			"home": "{{var_gitea_directory}}"
 		}
 	},
+	{
+		"name": "directories",
+		"become": true,
+		"become_user": "{{var_gitea_user}}",
+		"loop": [
+			"{{var_gitea_directory}}/custom/conf"
+		],
+		"ansible.builtin.file": {
+			"path": "{{item}}",
+			"state": "directory"
+		}
+	},
 	{
 		"name": "download",
 		"become": true,
@@ -34,7 +46,7 @@
 		"become_user": "{{var_gitea_user}}",
 		"ansible.builtin.template": {
 			"src": "config.ini.j2",
-			"dest": "{{var_gitea_directory}}/app.ini"
+			"dest": "{{var_gitea_directory}}/custom/config/app.ini"
 		}
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/systemd-unit.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/systemd-unit.j2
index 6f04480..b460565 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/templates/systemd-unit.j2
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/systemd-unit.j2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Type=simple
 User={{var_gitea_user}}
 Group={{var_gitea_user}}
 WorkingDirectory={{var_gitea_directory}}
-ExecStart={{var_gitea_directory}}/gitea web --config {{var_gitea_directory}}/app.ini
+ExecStart={{var_gitea_directory}}/gitea web --config {{var_gitea_directory}}/custom/config/app.ini
 Restart=always
 # Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/git GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea
 # Environment=PATH=/path/to/git/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin