diff --git a/templates/etc/gitea/conf/app.ini.j2 b/templates/etc/gitea/conf/app.ini.j2
index d4913be..10b1431 100644
--- a/templates/etc/gitea/conf/app.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/gitea/conf/app.ini.j2
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ RUN_AT_START = true
 SCHEDULE = @every 72h
 TIMEOUT = 120s
 
+[cron.delete_repo_archives]
+ENABLED = true
+RUN_AT_START = true
+NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS = false
+SCHEDULE = 0 0 1 */6 *
+
 [indexer]
 REPO_INDEXER_ENABLED = true