diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 2126728..0e73fdc 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,25 @@ steps:
   - name: release
     image: marcoieni/release-plz:0.3.16
     commands:
+      - | 
+        cat <<EOF >> ~/.cargo/config.toml 
+        [registry]
+        default = "gitea"
+        
+        [registries.gitea]
+        index = "https://gitea.example.com/{owner}/_cargo-index.git"
+        
+        [net]
+        git-fetch-with-cli = true
+
+        EOF
+      - cat ~/.cargo/config.toml
+        cat <<EOF >> ~/.cargo/config.toml
+
+        [registries.gitea]
+        token = "Bearer {token}"
+
+        EOF
       - release-plz release-pr --git-token="$GIT_TOKEN" --token="$GIT_TOKEN" --backend gitea --registry https://git.front.kjuulh.io/kjuulh/_cargo-index.git
     environment:
       GIT_TOKEN: