diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6caa87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# vim:ft=ansible:
+gitea_root_directory: "/home/git/gitea-repositories"
+gitea_app_name: "Ansible Gitea"
diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
index 3baec4e..08a184c 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@
         owner: "root"
         group: "git"
         path: "/etc/gitea"
+    - name: Create repositories directory
+      file:
+        state: directory
+        mode: "0700"
+        owner: git
+        group: git
+        path: "{{ gitea_root_directory }}"
     - name: Check for config
       stat: path="/etc/gitea/app.ini"
       register: p
diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini b/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini
index a4e3e3a..cd3d0a5 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-APP_NAME = 9iron Gitea
+APP_NAME = {{ gitea_app_name }}
 RUN_USER = git
 RUN_MODE = prod
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DISABLE_GRAVATAR        = true
 ENABLE_FEDERATED_AVATAR = false
 
 [repository]
-ROOT = /home/git/gitea-repositories
+ROOT = {{ gitea_root_directory }}
 
 [security]
 INTERNAL_TOKEN = {{ gitea_internal_token.stdout }}