diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 153e153..e9a66e1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ RUN passwd -d git
 RUN mkdir -p /home/git/gitea
 WORKDIR /home/git
 
+# for autosign feature
+ENV GNUPGHOME="/app/data/gnupg"
+
 ARG VERSION=1.17.3
 
 RUN curl -L https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/${VERSION}/gitea-${VERSION}-linux-amd64 -o /home/git/gitea/gitea \
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 69fdcae..ba2e40d 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -122,11 +122,10 @@ crudini --set "/run/gitea/app.ini" log ROOT_PATH "/run/gitea"
 crudini --set "/run/gitea/app.ini" indexer ISSUE_INDEXER_PATH "/app/data/appdata/indexers/issues.bleve"
 
 echo "==> Creating dirs and changing permissions"
-mkdir -p /app/data/repository /app/data/ssh /app/data/custom
+mkdir -p /app/data/repository /app/data/ssh /app/data/custom /app/data/gnupg
 chown -R git:git /app/data /run/gitea
 
 # this expects app.ini to be available
 ( setup_auth ) &
 
 exec /usr/bin/supervisord --configuration /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf --nodaemon -i Gitea
-
diff --git a/supervisor/sshd.conf b/supervisor/sshd.conf
index 52f7f4f..274c89e 100644
--- a/supervisor/sshd.conf
+++ b/supervisor/sshd.conf
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
 stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
 stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
-