diff --git a/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
index 5e13e41..86e61da 100644
--- a/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 postgres_version: 16-alpine
 gitea_version: "1.21"
-gitea_domain: "{{ subdomain }}.{{ main_domain }}"
 gitea_http_port: 3000
 gitea_ssh_port: 2222
 
-data_dir: "{{ ceph_volume }}/gitea"
-subdomain: git
-
 gitea_db_type: "postgres"
 gitea_db_host: db:5432
 gitea_db_name: "gitea"
diff --git a/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml b/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
index ac7f071..d023511 100644
--- a/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     owner: 1000
     group: 1000
     mode: '0750'
-    recurse: yes
+    recurse: no
+  run_once: true
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['managers'][0] }}"
 
 - name: GITEA | Ensure DB data directories
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@
     owner: 70 
     group: 70
     mode: '0700'
-    recurse: yes
+    recurse: no
+  run_once: true
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['managers'][0] }}"
 
 - name: GITEA | Generate Compose file
diff --git a/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/vars/main.yml b/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7293c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iac/ansible/roles/gitea/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+data_dir: "{{ ceph_volume }}/gitea"
+subdomain: git
+gitea_domain: "{{ subdomain }}.{{ main_domain }}"
\ No newline at end of file