diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2
index f8f1a2f0a..47dfaae6c 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description=Gitea (Git with a cup of tea)
 After=syslog.target
 After=network.target
-#After=mysqld.service
+After=mysqld.service
 #After=postgresql.service
 #After=memcached.service
 #After=redis.service