diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
index 57a6bba..43d9063 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,15 +70,21 @@
         owner: "root"
         group: "git"
         path: "/etc/gitea"
-    - name: Generate INTERNAL_TOKEN"
-      command: /usr/local/bin/gitea generate secret INTERNAL_TOKEN
-      register: gitea_internal_token
-    - name: Generate SECRET_KEY"
-      command: /usr/local/bin/gitea generate secret SECRET_KEY
-      register: gitea_secret_key
-    - name: Template out app.ini
-      template:
-        src: "app.ini"
-        dest: "/etc/gitea/app.ini"
-        mode: "0640"
+    - name: Check for config
+      stat: path="/etc/gitea/app.ini"
+      register: p
+    - name: Deploy config
+      block:
+        - name: Generate INTERNAL_TOKEN"
+          command: /usr/local/bin/gitea generate secret INTERNAL_TOKEN
+          register: gitea_internal_token
+        - name: Generate SECRET_KEY"
+          command: /usr/local/bin/gitea generate secret SECRET_KEY
+          register: gitea_secret_key
+        - name: Template out app.ini
+          template:
+            src: "app.ini"
+            dest: "/etc/gitea/app.ini"
+            mode: "0640"
+      when: not p.stat.exists
   become: yes