diff --git a/plugins/gogs/conf/app.ini b/plugins/gogs/conf/app.ini
index 9b8d579bf..a3ef637a3 100644
--- a/plugins/gogs/conf/app.ini
+++ b/plugins/gogs/conf/app.ini
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PATH     = data/gogs.db
 
 [repository]
 ROOT = {$ROOT_PATH}/gogs-repositories
-FORCE_PRIVATE = false
+FORCE_PRIVATE = true
 
 [server]
 DOMAIN           = 127.0.0.1