diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/log/run b/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/log/run
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..3a5b4a58605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/vlogger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/run b/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/run
index 6a621804bdd..0644a789526 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/run
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export HOME=/var/lib/gitea
 # gitea needs to run from its home for SSH to work properly
 export GITEA_WORK_DIR="${HOME}"
 
-exec chpst -u _gitea:_gitea gitea web --config /etc/gitea.conf
+cd "${HOME}"
+exec chpst -u _gitea:_gitea gitea web --config /etc/gitea.conf 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitea/template b/srcpkgs/gitea/template
index b24b3171b49..33ed4c7e16a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gitea/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitea/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gitea'
 pkgname=gitea
-version=1.16.7
+version=1.16.8
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://gitea.io"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/go-gitea/gitea/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/${version}/gitea-src-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=51599b16d1c2e16dd617e0e9b5d1cc314a1ef141394d582833d411b9ccd2ac48
+checksum=5bf01b45f9c441f9d38d727cc1328414e4e5778ac5b01bc98979d82bc520a23d
 
 system_accounts="_gitea"
 _gitea_homedir="/var/lib/gitea"