diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3559bb8..ee8eea0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ backup_gitea_enabled: true
 backup_gitea_config: '/data/gitea/conf/app.ini'
 backup_gitea_docker_enabled: true
 backup_gitea_docker_container: 'gitea'
-backup_gitea_docker_workdir: '/backup'
-backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir: '/backup/temp'
 
 backup_cron_minute: 30
 backup_cron_hour: 5
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 35132cc..5657da6 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@ backup_pg_docker_container: ""
 backup_gitea_enabled: false
 backup_gitea_config: "/data/gitea/conf/app.ini"
 backup_gitea_docker_enabled: false
-backup_gitea_docker_container: ""
-backup_gitea_docker_workdir: "/backup"
-backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir: "{{ backup_dir }}/temp"
+backup_gitea_docker_container: ""
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diff --git a/templates/brain_backup.j2 b/templates/brain_backup.j2
index 0e4889f..671ff31 100644
--- a/templates/brain_backup.j2
+++ b/templates/brain_backup.j2
@@ -204,11 +204,8 @@ fi
 backup_gitea_config="{{ backup_gitea_config | default('/data/gitea/conf/app.ini') }}"
 backup_gitea_docker_enabled="{{ (backup_gitea_docker_enabled | default(false)) | ternary('true', 'false') }}"
 backup_gitea_docker_container="{{ backup_gitea_docker_container | default('') }}"
-backup_gitea_docker_workdir="{{ backup_gitea_docker_workdir | default('/backup') }}"
-backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir="{{ backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir | default(backup_dir ~ '/temp') }}"
 
 mkdir -p "$backup_dir/$today/gitea"
-mkdir -p "$backup_dir/temp"
 
 if [ "$backup_gitea_docker_enabled" = "true" ]; then
     if [ -z "$backup_gitea_docker_container" ]; then
@@ -216,15 +213,8 @@ if [ "$backup_gitea_docker_enabled" = "true" ]; then
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    /usr/bin/docker exec -u git -i -w "$backup_gitea_docker_workdir" "$backup_gitea_docker_container" bash -c "/usr/local/bin/gitea dump -c \"$backup_gitea_config\" -q --type tar.gz"
+    /usr/bin/docker exec -u git -w /tmp gitea bash -c '/usr/local/bin/gitea dump -c "$backup_gitea_config" -q --type tar.gz -f -' > "$backup_dir/$today/gitea/gitea-dump.tar.gz"
 
-    gitea_latest_dump=$(ls -1t "$backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir"/gitea-dump-*.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
-    if [ -z "$gitea_latest_dump" ]; then
-        echo "Gitea dump completed but no dump file found in $backup_gitea_docker_host_temp_dir: exiting."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    mv "$gitea_latest_dump" "$backup_dir/$today/gitea/"
 else
     sudo su -s /bin/bash - git -c "cd $backup_dir/$today/gitea && /usr/local/bin/gitea dump -c \"$backup_gitea_config\" -q --type tar.gz"
 fi