diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
index 208eed0..5ef87c0 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     dest: "/etc/nginx/conf.d/{{ inventory_hostname }}/gitea.conf"
     content: |
+      client_max_body_size 100m;
       location / {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
       }
diff --git a/roles/nginx/site/templates/git.foo.sh.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/site/templates/git.foo.sh.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bfc067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nginx/site/templates/git.foo.sh.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+    # disable any limits to avoid HTTP 413 for large pushes
+    client_max_body_size 100m;