diff --git a/pkg/config/defaults.go b/pkg/config/defaults.go
index c3ab6ee..00601df 100644
--- a/pkg/config/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/config/defaults.go
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ func SetSensibleDefaults(cfg *Config) {
 			cfg.Server.Domain = "v9.next.forgejo.org"
 			cfg.Server.Protocol = "https"
 		}
+
+		if cfg.Platform == "gitea" {
+			cfg.Server.Domain = "gitea.com"
+			cfg.Server.Protocol = "https"
+		}
 	}
 
 	// TODO: Remove these before v1.0.0 release
diff --git a/pkg/config/validate.go b/pkg/config/validate.go
index 1cbe785..928ceae 100644
--- a/pkg/config/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/config/validate.go
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ func ValidateConfig(cfg Config) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("at least one token must be provided when no raw git URLs are provided. See here: /~https://github.com/AkashRajpurohit/git-sync/wiki/Configuration")
 		}
 
-		if cfg.Platform != "github" && cfg.Platform != "gitlab" && cfg.Platform != "bitbucket" && cfg.Platform != "forgejo" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("platform can only be `github`, `gitlab`, `bitbucket` or `forgejo` when no raw git URLs are provided")
+		if cfg.Platform != "github" && cfg.Platform != "gitlab" && cfg.Platform != "bitbucket" && cfg.Platform != "forgejo" && cfg.Platform != "gitea" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("platform can only be `github`, `gitlab`, `bitbucket`, `forgejo` or `gitea` when no raw git URLs are provided")
 		}
 
 		// Server configuration is required for platform-specific sync