diff --git a/dicos/50_gitea.xml b/dicos/50_gitea.xml
index bf03e4a..01e59b6 100644
--- a/dicos/50_gitea.xml
+++ b/dicos/50_gitea.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
               <port service_accesslist="gitea_without_nginx" port_type="SymLinkOption">gitea_http_port</port>
             </service_access>
             <service_access service='gitea_ssh'>
-              <tcpwrapper>sshd</tcpwrapper>
+              <tcpwrapper>gitea</tcpwrapper>
             </service_access>
         </container>
     </containers>
diff --git a/tmpl/gitea.conf b/tmpl/gitea.conf
index a0b931f..60b2401 100644
--- a/tmpl/gitea.conf
+++ b/tmpl/gitea.conf
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ HTTP_ADDR =
 HTTP_PORT = %%gitea_http_port
 ; Disable SSH feature when not available
 DISABLE_SSH = false
+START_SSH_SERVER = true
 SSH_PORT = %%gitea_ssh_port
 ; Disable CDN even in "prod" mode
 OFFLINE_MODE = false