diff --git a/conf/app.ini b/conf/app.ini
--- a/conf/app.ini
+++ b/conf/app.ini
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-# !!! NEVER EVER MODIFY THIS FILE !!!
-# !!! PLEASE MAKE CHANGES ON CORRESPONDING CUSTOM CONFIG FILE !!!
-# !!! IF YOU ARE PACKAGING PROVIDER, PLEASE MAKE OWN COPY OF IT !!!
+## General config override ##
 
 ; The brand name of the application, can be your company or team name.
 BRAND_NAME = Gogs
 ; The system user who should be running the applications. It has no effect on Windows,
 ; otherwise, it should match the value of $USER environment variable.
-RUN_USER = git
+RUN_USER = gogs
 ; The running mode of the application, can be either "dev", "prod" or "test".
-RUN_MODE = dev
+RUN_MODE = prod
 
 [server]
 ; The public-facing URL for the application.
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ UNIX_SOCKET_PERMISSION = 666
 LOCAL_ROOT_URL = %(PROTOCOL)s://%(HTTP_ADDR)s:%(HTTP_PORT)s/
 
 ; Whether to disable using CDN for static files regardless.
-OFFLINE_MODE = false
+OFFLINE_MODE = true
 ; Whether to disable logging in router.
 DISABLE_ROUTER_LOG = true
 ; Whether to enable application level GZIP compression.
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ DSA     = 1024
 
 [repository]
 ; The root path for storing managed repositories, default is "~/gogs-repositories"
-ROOT =
+ROOT = /var/lib/gogs/repositories
 ; The script type server supports, sometimes could be "sh".
 SCRIPT_TYPE = bash
 ; Default ANSI charset for an unrecognized charset.
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ PASSWORD =
 ; For "postgres" only, either "disable", "require" or "verify-full".
 SSL_MODE = disable
 ; For "sqlite3" only, make sure to use absolute path.
-PATH = data/gogs.db
+PATH = database/gogs.db
 ; The maximum open connections of the pool.
 MAX_OPEN_CONNS = 30
 ; The maximum idle connections of the pool.
@@ -306,7 +304,7 @@ REPOSITORY_AVATAR_UPLOAD_PATH = data/repo-avatars
 ; Chinese users can use a custom avatar source, such as http://cn.gravatar.com/avatar/.
 GRAVATAR_SOURCE = gravatar
 ; Whether to disable Gravatar, this value will be forced to be true in offline mode.
-DISABLE_GRAVATAR = false
+DISABLE_GRAVATAR = true
 ; Whether to enable federated avatar lookup uses DNS to discover avatar associated
 ; with emails, see https://www.libravatar.org for details.
 ; This value will be forced to be false in offline mode or when Gravatar is disabled.
@@ -347,7 +345,7 @@ PAGING_NUM = 10
 ; General settings of loggers.
 [log]
 ; The root path for all log files, default is "log/" subdirectory.
-ROOT_PATH =
+ROOT_PATH = /var/log/gogs/
 ; Can be "console", "file", "slack" and "discord".
 ; Use comma to separate multiple modes, e.g. "console, file"
 MODE = console