diff --git a/bootstrap/edge/main.tf b/bootstrap/edge/main.tf
index ca58df2..da79978 100644
--- a/bootstrap/edge/main.tf
+++ b/bootstrap/edge/main.tf
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ resource "null_resource" "edge_services" {
     certbot_domain_args = join(" ", [for name in local.server_names : "-d ${name}"])
     backend_host        = var.backend_host
     backend_port        = tostring(var.backend_port)
+    gitea_backend_host  = var.gitea_backend_host
+    gitea_backend_port  = tostring(var.gitea_backend_port)
     enable_letsencrypt  = tostring(var.enable_letsencrypt)
     letsencrypt_email   = var.letsencrypt_email
     letsencrypt_staging = tostring(var.letsencrypt_staging)
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ server_names="${self.triggers.server_names}"
 certbot_domain_args="${self.triggers.certbot_domain_args}"
 backend_host="${self.triggers.backend_host}"
 backend_port="${self.triggers.backend_port}"
+gitea_backend_host="${self.triggers.gitea_backend_host}"
+gitea_backend_port="${self.triggers.gitea_backend_port}"
 enable_letsencrypt="${self.triggers.enable_letsencrypt}"
 letsencrypt_email="${self.triggers.letsencrypt_email}"
 letsencrypt_staging="${self.triggers.letsencrypt_staging}"
@@ -129,8 +133,13 @@ install_missing_packages() {
 install_missing_packages ca-certificates curl openssl
 
 if ! curl -fsS --connect-timeout 10 -H "Host: $server_name" "http://$backend_host:$backend_port/" >/dev/null; then
-  echo "Cannot reach Traefik backend http://$backend_host:$backend_port/ for $server_name from the edge host." >&2
-  echo "Check that MetalLB assigned the Traefik LoadBalancer IP and that the edge host has a route to it." >&2
+  echo "Warning: cannot reach Traefik backend http://$backend_host:$backend_port/ for $server_name from the edge host." >&2
+  echo "The edge proxy will still be deployed so independent routes such as /git/ can recover." >&2
+fi
+
+if ! curl -sS --connect-timeout 10 "http://$gitea_backend_host:$gitea_backend_port/git/" >/dev/null; then
+  echo "Cannot reach Gitea backend http://$gitea_backend_host:$gitea_backend_port/git/ from the edge host." >&2
+  echo "Check the Debian host Tailscale IP, Gitea container, and port publishing." >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bootstrap/edge/variables.tf b/bootstrap/edge/variables.tf
index 167a4b0..a06e057 100644
--- a/bootstrap/edge/variables.tf
+++ b/bootstrap/edge/variables.tf
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ variable "gitea_backend_port" {
 
 variable "gitea_backend_host" {
   type    = string
-  default = "192.168.100.73"
+  default = "100.85.138.30"
 }
 
 variable "haproxy_stats_user" {