diff --git a/.aptly.conf b/.aptly.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d5ab92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.aptly.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "rootDir": "/home/neonarchives/aptly",
+  "downloadConcurrency": 4,
+  "architectures": [],
+  "dependencyFollowSuggests": false,
+  "dependencyFollowRecommends": true,
+  "dependencyFollowAllVariants": false,
+  "dependencyFollowSource": false,
+  "gpgDisableSign": false,
+  "gpgDisableVerify": false,
+  "downloadSourcePackages": false,
+  "ppaDistributorID": "",
+  "ppaCodename": ""
+}
diff --git a/deploy b/deploy
index e5be1de..51ff50b 100755
--- a/deploy
+++ b/deploy
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # deploy
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m file -a "path=.config/systemd/user/ state=directory"
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m file -a "path=bin/ state=directory"
 
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m copy -a "src=aptly.service dest=.config/systemd/user/aptly.service"
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m copy -a "src=aptly.socket dest=.config/systemd/user/aptly.socket"
+ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m copy -a "src=.aptly.conf dest=.aptly.conf"
 
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m copy -a "src=aptly_db_cleanup.service dest=.config/systemd/user/aptly_db_cleanup.service"
 
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m copy -a "src=aptly dest=bin/"
 
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m shell -a "systemctl --user daemon-reload"
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m shell -a "systemctl --user enable aptly.service"
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m shell -a "systemctl --user enable --now aptly.socket"
 
 # verify it works
 ansible all -u neonarchives -i hosts -m shell -a "GET https://archive-api.neon.kde.org/api/publish"