diff --git a/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/gitea.yml b/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/gitea.yml
index 633e61b..116a2c7 100644
--- a/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/gitea.yml
+++ b/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/gitea.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@
     url: "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v{{ latest_version }}/gitea-{{ latest_version }}-linux-amd64"
     dest: /usr/local/bin/gitea
     mode: '0755'
+
+- name: start gitea service
+  service:
+    name: gitea
+    state: started