diff --git a/nixos/boxes/cupsnet/gitea.nix b/nixos/boxes/cupsnet/gitea.nix
index f5c04fdf..dc33f568 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/cupsnet/gitea.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/cupsnet/gitea.nix
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ in {
             PULL = 600;
             GC = 600;
           };
+          "cron".ENABLED = true;
+          "cron.git_gc_repos".ENABLED = true;
+          "cron.delete_old_actions".ENABLED = true;
+          "cron.delete_old_system_notices".ENABLED = true;
+          "cron.gc_lfs".ENABLED = true;
           server = {
             ROOT_URL = baseurl;
             DOMAIN = domain;