diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
index 4600fec..b53c002 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ LEVEL = Trace
 
 [indexer]
 REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED = true
-STARTUP_TIMEOUT = 300
+STARTUP_TIMEOUT = 300s
 
 [other]
 SHOW_FOOTER_VERSION = false