diff --git a/src/main/cljs/dda/c4k_forgejo/browser.cljs b/src/main/cljs/dda/c4k_forgejo/browser.cljs
index 2ba8bf2..70caf09 100644
--- a/src/main/cljs/dda/c4k_forgejo/browser.cljs
+++ b/src/main/cljs/dda/c4k_forgejo/browser.cljs
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
        "domain"
        (cm/concat-vec
         (br/generate-input-field "fqdn" "Your fqdn:" "repo.test.de")
-        (br/generate-input-field "deploy-federated" "Deploy a federated version of forgejo:" "false")
         (br/generate-input-field "mailer-from" "Your mailer email address:" "test@test.de")
         (br/generate-input-field "mailer-host" "Your mailer host:" "test.de")
         (br/generate-input-field "mailer-port" "Your mailer port:" "123")
         (br/generate-input-field "service-noreply-address" "Your noreply domain:" "test.de")
+        (br/generate-input-field "deploy-federated" "(Optional) Deploy a federated version of forgejo:" "")
         (br/generate-input-field "issuer" "(Optional) Your issuer prod/staging:" "")
         (br/generate-input-field "app-name" "(Optional) Your app name:" "")
         (br/generate-input-field "domain-whitelist" "(Optional) Domain whitelist for registration email-addresses:" "")))
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@
 
 (defn validate-all! []
   (br/validate! "fqdn" ::forgejo/fqdn)
-  (br/validate! "deploy-federated" ::forgejo/deploy-federated)
   (br/validate! "mailer-from" ::forgejo/mailer-from)
   (br/validate! "mailer-host" ::forgejo/mailer-host)
   (br/validate! "mailer-port" ::forgejo/mailer-port)
   (br/validate! "service-noreply-address" ::forgejo/service-noreply-address)
+  (br/validate! "deploy-federated" ::forgejo/deploy-federated :optional true)
   (br/validate! "issuer" ::forgejo/issuer :optional true)
   (br/validate! "app-name" ::forgejo/default-app-name :optional true)
   (br/validate! "domain-whitelist" ::forgejo/service-domain-whitelist :optional true)