diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f44da18..5417622 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+soft/*
 gitea/*
 !gitea/gitea/
 
 gitea/gitea/*
 !gitea/gitea/templates/
 !gitea/gitea/public/
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 145c654..d3c924b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 # Server Config
 
+## Important Setup Steps
 
-Important Changes to `app.ini`
+To keep `soft-serve` version up to date
+add the following lines to `sudo crontab`.
+
+```
+# update repos
+* */4 * * * /home/daylin/git/update-soft-serve-repos.py
+# update container so home page is semi-accurate
+0 1 * * * docker compose --project-directory /home/daylin/git restart soft-serve
+```
+
+Notable changes to `app.ini`
 
 ```dosini
 APP_NAME = Daylin's Git Server
@@ -19,9 +30,18 @@ NO_REPLY_ADDRESS                  = noreply.git.dayl.in
 
 [ui]
 DEFAULT_THEME = arc-green
-THEMES        = auto,gitea,arc-green
+THEMES        = arc-green
 
 [openid]
 ENABLE_OPENID_SIGNIN = false
 ENABLE_OPENID_SIGNUP = false
 ```
+
+## Where is this repo?
+
+github < mirror > gitea < mirror > soft-serve
+
+This repo is hosted on github but mirrored to my self-hosted [`gitea`](https://gitea.io/en-us/) instance.
+Once there it will be mirrored to an instance of [`soft-serve`](https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve).
+
+Check it out with `ssh -p 23231 git.dayl.in`!
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ac52263..90a20d8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ services:
       - caddy_data:/data
       - caddy_config:/config
 
+  soft-serve:
+    image: charmcli/soft-serve:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    container_name: soft-serve
+    volumes:
+      - ./soft:/soft-serve
+    ports:
+      - 23231:23231
+
 volumes:
   caddy_data:
     external: true
diff --git a/update-soft-serve-repos.py b/update-soft-serve-repos.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..59954e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-soft-serve-repos.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+
+GITEA_REPOS = Path(__file__).parent / "gitea/git/repositories/daylin"
+SOFT_REPOS = Path(__file__).parent / "soft/repos"
+
+allowed = ["dotfiles", "gitea-server"]
+
+
+def main():
+
+    for repo in GITEA_REPOS.iterdir():
+        name = repo.name.replace(".git", "")
+        if name not in allowed:
+            continue
+        print(repo)
+
+        dest = SOFT_REPOS / name
+        print(f">> {dest}")
+
+        if dest.is_dir():
+            shutil.rmtree(dest)
+        shutil.copytree(repo, dest)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()