diff --git a/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/gitea b/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/gitea
index 9a9a569b12..d87ec84e86 100644
--- a/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/gitea
+++ b/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/gitea
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # And place the original in /usr/lib/gitea with working files in /data/gitea
 GITEA="/app/gitea/gitea"
 WORK_DIR="/var/lib/gitea"
-APP_INI="/etc/gitea/app.ini"
+APP_INI="/var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini"
 
 APP_INI_SET=""
 for i in "$@"; do