diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/homepage/templates/service.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/homepage/templates/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a480c027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/homepage/templates/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-cl01tl-tailscale
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: gitea-cl01tl-tailscale
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: tailscale
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  annotations:
+    tailscale.com/tailnet-fqdn: gitea-cl01tl.boreal-beaufort.ts.net
+spec:
+  externalName: placeholder
+  type: ExternalName
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/homepage/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/homepage/values.yaml
index 1730546f3..b267628ef 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/homepage/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/homepage/values.yaml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ homepage:
                   icon: sh-gitea.svg
                   description: Gitea
                   href: https://gitea-cl01tl.boreal-beaufort.ts.net
-                  siteMonitor: http://gitea.gitea:3000
+                  siteMonitor: https://gitea-cl01tl-tailscale
                   statusStyle: dot
               - Code (ps10rp):
                   icon: sh-gitea.svg