diff --git a/myorg-assistant/cronjobs/git-sync.yaml b/myorg-assistant/cronjobs/git-sync.yaml
index c4d4dba..a470152 100644
--- a/myorg-assistant/cronjobs/git-sync.yaml
+++ b/myorg-assistant/cronjobs/git-sync.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,47 @@ spec:
           restartPolicy: OnFailure
           imagePullSecrets:
           - name: gitea-registry
+          initContainers:
+          - name: git-clone
+            image: alpine/git:latest
+            command:
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              # Normalize the repo URL host to the correct Gitea subdomain.
+              # The GIT_REPO_URL secret historically contained gitea.rogi.casa,
+              # which 526s through Cloudflare; the working subdomain is git.rogi.casa.
+              export GIT_REPO_URL="$(echo "${GIT_REPO_URL}" | sed -E 's#https?://[^/@]+@?gitea\.rogi\.casa#https://'"${GIT_USERNAME}"':'"${GIT_TOKEN}"'@git.rogi.casa#')"
+              if [ ! -d /data/myorg/.git ]; then
+                echo "Cloning repository from ${GIT_REPO_URL}..."
+                git clone ${GIT_REPO_URL} /data/myorg
+                cd /data/myorg
+                git config user.name "${GIT_USERNAME}"
+                git config user.email "${GIT_USERNAME}@rogi.casa"
+                git config credential.helper store
+                echo "https://${GIT_USERNAME}:${GIT_TOKEN}@git.rogi.casa" > ~/.git-credentials
+              else
+                echo "Repository already exists, skipping clone."
+              fi
+            env:
+            - name: GIT_REPO_URL
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: myorg-assistant-secret
+                  key: GIT_REPO_URL
+            - name: GIT_USERNAME
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: myorg-assistant-secret
+                  key: GIT_USERNAME
+            - name: GIT_TOKEN
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: myorg-assistant-secret
+                  key: GIT_TOKEN
+            volumeMounts:
+            - name: myorg-data
+              mountPath: /data/myorg
           containers:
           - name: git-sync
             image: git.rogi.casa/roger/myorg-assistant/myorg-assistant:fcf79bf