diff --git a/infrastructure/gitea/gitea.values.yaml b/infrastructure/gitea/gitea.values.yaml
index b7ad6d8..9ec0040 100644
--- a/infrastructure/gitea/gitea.values.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/gitea/gitea.values.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ gitea:
     # this user needs to stay admin, and active. But we change its password to be unusable
     password: changedalready
     email: "gitea@delete.me"
+  
+  metrics:
+    enabled: true
 
   ## @param gitea.config  Configuration for the Gitea server,ref: [config-cheat-sheet](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/)
   config: