diff --git a/m/tent/gitea.nix b/m/tent/gitea.nix
index 56333a84..4f8a595e 100644
--- a/m/tent/gitea.nix
+++ b/m/tent/gitea.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 { config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.services.gitea;
+in
 {
   services.gitea = {
     enable = true;
@@ -34,7 +37,6 @@
   };
 
   systemd.services.gitea-backup = let
-    cfg = config.services.gitea;
     exe = lib.getExe cfg.package;
   in {
     description = "Gitea daily backup";
@@ -58,14 +60,21 @@
       name="gitea-dump-$(date +%a).${cfg.dump.type}"
       ${exe} dump --type ${cfg.dump.type} --file - >"$name.tmp"
       mv "$name.tmp" "$name"
+      cp "$name" "/ceph/backup/gitea/$name"
     '';
   };
 
+  # Create also the /ceph directories if needed
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+    "d /ceph/backup/gitea/ 0750 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
+    "z /ceph/backup/gitea/ 0750 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
+  ];
+
   systemd.timers.gitea-backup = {
     description = "Update timer for gitea-backup";
     partOf = [ "gitea-backup.service" ];
     wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
-    timerConfig.OnCalendar = config.services.gitea.dump.interval;
+    timerConfig.OnCalendar = cfg.dump.interval;
   };
 
   # Allow gitea user to send mail