diff --git a/roles/forgejo/templates/app.ini.j2 b/roles/forgejo/templates/app.ini.j2
index d0ef2ec..3220c38 100644
--- a/roles/forgejo/templates/app.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/forgejo/templates/app.ini.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ RUN_USER = git
 
 [repository]
 ROOT = /data/git/repositories
+DEFAULT_BRANCH = master
 
 [repository.local]
 LOCAL_COPY_PATH = /data/gitea/tmp/local-repo