diff --git a/modules/gitea.nix b/modules/gitea.nix
index 9b99bfd..7efcc30 100644
--- a/modules/gitea.nix
+++ b/modules/gitea.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 let
   domain = "dev.mc-fucker.cool";
   gitea_port = "3333";
+  gitea_db = "gitea";
 in
 
 {
@@ -14,10 +15,10 @@ in
 
     database = {
       createDatabase = false;
-      host = "postgres";
+      host = "localhost";
       type = "postgres";
       port = 5432;
-      name = "giteadb";
+      name = gitea_db;
       passwordFile = /etc/nixos/keys/gitea-dbpassword;
     };
 
@@ -36,6 +37,22 @@ in
 
   };
 
+  services.postgresql = {
+    ensureDatabases = [ gitea_db ];
+    ensureUsers = [
+      {
+        name = gitea_db;
+        ensurePermissions = {
+          "DATABASE ${gitea_db}" = "ALL PRIVILEGES";
+        };
+      }
+    ];
+  };
+
+  services.postgresqlBackup.databases = [
+    gitea_db
+  ];
+
   services.nginx.virtualHosts."${domain}" = {
     forceSSL = true;
     enableACME = true;