diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_gitea/gitea.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_gitea/gitea.cljc
index 22811cc..c3f3c7e 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_gitea/gitea.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_gitea/gitea.cljc
@@ -43,22 +43,26 @@
 (defn-spec generate-appini-env pred/map-or-seq?
   ; TODO: fix this to require the merged spec of auth and config instead of any
   [config any?]
-  (let [{:keys [postgres-db-user postgres-db-password fqdn]} config]
+  (let [{:keys [fqdn mailer-from mailer-host mailer-port service-whitelist-domains]} config]
     (->
-     (yaml/load-as-edn "gitea/appini-env-configmap.yaml")
+     (yaml/load-as-edn "gitea/appini-env-configmap.yaml")     
      (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "FQDN" fqdn)
      (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "URL" (str "https://" fqdn))
-     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "DBUSER" postgres-db-user)
-     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "DBPW" postgres-db-password))))
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "FROM" mailer-from)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "HOST" mailer-host)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "PORT" mailer-port)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "WHITELISTDOMAINS" service-whitelist-domains)
+     )))
 
 (defn-spec generate-secrets pred/map-or-seq? 
   [auth auth?]
-  (let [{:keys [maileruser mailerpw]} auth]
+  (let [{:keys [postgres-db-user postgres-db-password mailer-user mailer-pw]} auth]
     (->
      (yaml/load-as-edn "gitea/secrets.yaml")
-     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "MAILERUSER" (b64/encode maileruser))
-     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "MAILERPW" (b64/encode mailerpw))
-     )))
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "DBUSER" postgres-db-user)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "DBPW" postgres-db-password)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "MAILERUSER" (b64/encode mailer-user))
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "MAILERPW" (b64/encode mailer-pw)))))
 
 (defn-spec generate-ingress pred/map-or-seq? 
   [config config?]
diff --git a/src/main/resources/gitea/appini-env-configmap.yaml b/src/main/resources/gitea/appini-env-configmap.yaml
index f6fb5be..e7e75a0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/gitea/appini-env-configmap.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/gitea/appini-env-configmap.yaml
@@ -7,16 +7,24 @@ data:
   GITEA__database__DB_TYPE: "postgres"
   GITEA__database__HOST: "postgresql-service:5432"  # Service.Namespace.svc.cluster.local
   GITEA__database__NAME: gitea
-  GITEA__database__USER: DBUSER
-  GITEA__database__PASSWD: DBPW
-
+  
   GITEA__server__DOMAIN: FQDN
   GITEA__server__ROOT_URL: URL
 
   GITEA__mailer__ENABLED: "true"
-  GITEA__mailer__FROM: gitea@meissa-gmbh.de
+  GITEA__mailer__FROM: FROM
   GITEA__mailer__MAILER_TYPE: smtp
-  GITEA__mailer__HOST: mail.routing.net:465
+  GITEA__mailer__HOST: HOST:PORT
   GITEA__mailer__IS_TLS_ENABLED: "true"
 
-  GITEA__service__DISABLE_REGISTRATION: "true"
\ No newline at end of file
+  GITEA__service__DISABLE_REGISTRATION: "true"  
+  GITEA__service__REQUIRE_SIGNIN_VIEW: "false"
+  GITEA__service__REGISTER_EMAIL_CONFIRM: "false"
+  GITEA__service__ENABLE_NOTIFY_MAIL: "false"
+  GITEA__service__EMAIL_DOMAIN_WHITELIST: WHITELISTDOMAINS 
+  GITEA__service__ALLOW_ONLY_EXTERNAL_REGISTRATION: "false"
+  GITEA__service__ENABLE_CAPTCHA: "false"
+  GITEA__service__DEFAULT_KEEP_EMAIL_PRIVATE: "true"
+  GITEA__service__DEFAULT_ALLOW_CREATE_ORGANIZATION: "true"
+  GITEA__service__DEFAULT_ENABLE_TIMETRACKING: "true"
+  GITEA__service__NO_REPLY_ADDRESS: noreply
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/gitea/secrets.yaml b/src/main/resources/gitea/secrets.yaml
index 0ec9d9c..80feb13 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/gitea/secrets.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/gitea/secrets.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: gitea-secrets
 data:
+    GITEA__database__USER: DBUSER
+    GITEA__database__PASSWD: DBPW
+    
     GITEA__mailer__USER: MAILERUSER
     GITEA__mailer__PASSWD: MAILERPW
   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/valid-auth.edn b/valid-auth.edn
index a85bf1a..a2bf50e 100644
--- a/valid-auth.edn
+++ b/valid-auth.edn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {:postgres-db-user "gitea"
  :postgres-db-password "gitea-db-password"
- :maileruser ""
- :mailerpw ""}
+ :mailer-user ""
+ :mailer-pw ""}