diff --git a/services/forgejo/default.nix b/services/forgejo/default.nix
index 9d40402..a6aa174 100644
--- a/services/forgejo/default.nix
+++ b/services/forgejo/default.nix
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ in {
     services.forgejo = {
       enable = true;
       user = forgejoUser;
-      group = config.users.users.${forgejoUser}.group;
-      stateDir = "/var/lib/${forgejoUser}";
-
+      appName = "Personal Forge";
       lfs.enable = true;
 
       settings = {
@@ -65,6 +63,7 @@ in {
           HTTP_PORT = cfg.privatePort;
         };
         log.LEVEL = "Warn"; # [ "Trace" "Debug" "Info" "Warn" "Error" "Critical" ]
+        other.SHOW_FOOTER_VERSION = false;
         repository = {
           ENABLE_PUSH_CREATE_USER = true;
           DEFAULT_BRANCH = "main";
@@ -75,8 +74,6 @@ in {
 
         # only send cookies via HTTPS
         session.COOKIE_SECURE = true;
-
-        DEFAULT.APP_NAME = "Personal Forge";
       };
 
       # NixOS module uses `forgejo dump` to backup repositories and the database,