diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/misc-docker.yaml b/ansible/playbooks/misc-docker.yaml
index 7a9ee83..dfaea4c 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/misc-docker.yaml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/misc-docker.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@
         owner: factorio
         group: factorio
         mode: u=rwx,g=,o=
-    - name: Set up docker stuff
+    # Since some docker-compose configuration might want to pull
+    # images from the Gitea package repository, we need to ensure
+    # that Gitea is reachable before those configurations are deployed.
+    - name: Set up caddy and gitea containers
       become: true
       docker_compose:
         project_src: "/etc/pbri/docker/{{ item.name }}"
@@ -80,6 +83,24 @@
           state: present
         - name: gitea
           state: present
+    # Before deploying the remaining configs below, we check that
+    # Gitea is reachable at git.pbrinkmeier.de
+    - name: Wait for gitea to be reachable
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        method: GET
+        url: https://git.pbrinkmeier.de/api/v1/version
+      register: gitea_version_response
+      until: gitea_version_response.status == 200
+      retries: 10
+      delay: 5 # Retry every 5 seconds
+    - name: Set up other containers
+      become: true
+      docker_compose:
+        project_src: "/etc/pbri/docker/{{ item.name }}"
+        state: "{{ item.state }}"
+        build: true
+        debug: true
+      loop:
         - name: drone
           state: present
         - name: codi