diff --git a/roles/containers/tasks/main.yml b/roles/containers/tasks/main.yml
index c5ceeef..ba3b65d 100644
--- a/roles/containers/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/containers/tasks/main.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   template:
     src: "docker-compose.yml.j2"
     dest: "{{ docker_compose_dir }}/docker-compose.yml"
+    lstrip_blocks: true
   register: generateComp
 
 - name: Create systemd unit file
diff --git a/roles/containers/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/containers/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
index bfa676f..8db9754 100644
--- a/roles/containers/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/containers/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 version: "3"
 
+networks:
+  gitea:
+    driver: bridge
+
 services:
 {% if "gitea" in group_names %}
   gitea:
@@ -22,5 +26,7 @@ services:
       - {{ dataroot }}/gitea:/data
       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+    networks:
+      - gitea
 
 {% endif %}