diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/templates/service-monitor.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/templates/service-monitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33809e2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/templates/service-monitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: gitea
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: gitea
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: {{ .Release.Name }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: gitea
+      app.kubernetes.io/service: gitea-http
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  endpoints:
+    - port: http
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/values.yaml
index 61db4dedd..4051ed751 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/platform/gitea/values.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ gitea:
     metrics:
       enabled: true
       serviceMonitor:
-        enabled: true
+        enabled: false
     oauth:
       - name: Authentik
         provider: openidConnect