diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index 80df48fe2e..5d563fff0c 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ repo_url: "https://f-droid.org/repo"
 repo_maxage: 14
 repo_web_base_url: "https://f-droid.org/packages"
 
+# needed until this is fixed: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/issues/1143
+repo_name: "F-Droid"
+
 archive_older: 3
 
 repo_keyalias: ciarang