diff --git a/services/Gitea/manifests/persistentvolume-csismb-gitea-data.yaml b/services/Gitea/manifests/persistentvolume-csismb-gitea-data.yaml
index 35fad82..3ff2bc5 100644
--- a/services/Gitea/manifests/persistentvolume-csismb-gitea-data.yaml
+++ b/services/Gitea/manifests/persistentvolume-csismb-gitea-data.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ spec:
     - uid=1000
     - gid=1000
     - nobrl
-    - cache=none
+    - cache=strict
+    - iocharset=utf8
     - mfsymlinks
     - noserverino  # required to prevent data corruption
   csi: