diff --git a/engineering-guide/gitea-dmz.md b/engineering-guide/gitea-dmz.md
index 29960612..f0fae20b 100644
--- a/engineering-guide/gitea-dmz.md
+++ b/engineering-guide/gitea-dmz.md
@@ -123,13 +123,10 @@ Since local login is disabled, service users need to be created inside the gitea
 # connect to the container as user git
 docker exec -it --user git gitea bash
 
-# create service user with given password
-gitea admin user create --username {org-gitea} --password {provided password} --email {username@psi.ch} --must-change-password=false --restricted
+# create service user
+gitea admin user create --username {org-gitea} --email {username@psi.ch} --restricted --user-type bot
 
-# create service user with a random generated password
-gitea admin user create --username {org-gitea} --random-password --random-password-length {value default:12} --email {username@psi.ch} --must-change-password=false --restricted
-
-# create a token with a give scope (scopes can be found here: https://gitea.psi.ch/user/settings/applications) and can be comma seperated
+# create a token with a give scope (scopes can be found here: https://gitea.psi.ch/user/settings/applications) that can be comma seperated but without spaces!
 gitea admin user generate-access-token --username {org-gitea} --token-name {username-scope} --scopes {read|write:scope}
 ```