diff --git a/podman-gitea/10_install.sh b/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
index 2dd26ad..7227acb 100755
--- a/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ export sshlisten_port
 source ${ABSDIR}/zz_build-images.sh
 podman image exists ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version} &&
 podman pull ${postgres_image}:${postgres_version} &&
+# force refresh of app.ini
+podman unshare rm -f `get_podman_volume_path ${datavolume}`/gitea/conf/app.ini
 podman-compose --podman-run-args "--env-file .env" up -d &&
 echo -n "Waiting for gitea to finish starting " &&
 ( podman logs -f ${container_name} 2>&1 & ) | grep -q 'NewServer()' &&