diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index fc41336..e47b221 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -64,3 +64,10 @@
     restarted: true
   when: gitea_env.changed or gitea_container.changed
 
+- name: Check if {{ gitea.hostname }}.{{ gitea.domain }} is available and returning status 200
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: "https://{{ gitea.hostname }}.{{ gitea.domain }}"
+  register: _result
+  until: _result.status == 200
+  retries: 60
+  delay: 10