diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml
index 9212531..7d54655 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,19 @@
         chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/gitea
         release_namespace: gitea
         create_namespace: yes
-        wait: yes
+        wait: no
         kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
         values: "{{ components.gitea.chart_values }}"
 
+    - name: Ensure gitea API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/healthz
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until: api_readycheck.json.status is defined
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 30
+
     - name: Configure additional SSH ingress
       ansible.builtin.template:
         src: ingressroutetcp.j2
@@ -35,15 +44,6 @@
     - name: Trigger handlers
       ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
 
-    - name: Ensure gitea API availability
-      ansible.builtin.uri:
-        url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/healthz
-        method: GET
-      register: api_readycheck
-      until: api_readycheck.json.status is defined
-      retries: 5
-      delay: 30
-
     - name: Generate gitea API token
       ansible.builtin.uri:
         url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v1/users/administrator/tokens