diff --git a/gitea.yaml b/gitea.yaml
index cbdbbfa..1cec42c 100644
--- a/gitea.yaml
+++ b/gitea.yaml
@@ -82,3 +82,21 @@
         project_src: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/gitea/"
         state: present
 
+    - name: Start watchtower
+      community.docker.docker_container:
+        name: watchtower
+        image: nickfedor/watchtower
+        restart_policy: always
+        volumes:
+          - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+          - /home/matt/.docker/config.json:/config.json
+        command:
+          - --cleanup
+          - --http-api-update
+          - --http-api-token={{ secrets.WATCHTOWER_HTTP_API_TOKEN }}
+          - --http-api-periodic-polls
+        ports:
+          - "8080:8080"
+        state: started
+
+
diff --git a/gitea/compose.yaml b/gitea/compose.yaml
index c612bf2..991bef6 100644
--- a/gitea/compose.yaml
+++ b/gitea/compose.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ services:
   gitea:
     image: gitea/gitea:latest
     container_name: gitea
-    # restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
     environment:
       # Gitea-supported vars for internal ownership/permissions