diff --git a/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2 b/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
index d6503b2..794938e 100644
--- a/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ frontend main
 
 {% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
+	default_backend gitea
 
 {% for c in groups['containers'] %}
 {# NOTE: don't add haproxy to list of containers :P #}