diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
index 7804c52b9..deb1b7bca 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ gitea_gpg_key: 7C9E68152594688862D62AF62D9AE806EC1592E2
 gitea_user: gitea
 gitea_home: "/home/{{ gitea_user }}" # SSH credentials stored here
 gitea_run_directory: "{{ gitea_root_directory }}"
-gitea_db_directory: "/library/dbdata/gitea"
 
 gitea_url: /gitea
 gitea_full_url: "http://{{ iiab_hostname }}.{{ iiab_domain }}{{ gitea_url }}"
diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
index 664162084..80e468883 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ DSA = 1024
 
 [database]
 ; Either "mysql", "postgres", "mssql" or "sqlite3", it's your choice
-DB_TYPE = mysql
+DB_TYPE = sqlite3
 HOST = 127.0.0.1:3306
 NAME = gitea
 USER = root
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ PASSWD =
 ; For MySQL, either "false" (default), "true", or "skip-verify"
 SSL_MODE = disable
 ; For "sqlite3" and "tidb", use an absolute path when you start gitea as service
-PATH = data/gitea.db
+PATH = {{ gitea_root_directory }}/data/gitea.db
 ; For "sqlite3" only. Query timeout
 SQLITE_TIMEOUT = 500
 ; For iterate buffer, default is 50