diff --git a/bin/gitea b/bin/gitea
index 322bcf3..ec4f26a 100755
--- a/bin/gitea
+++ b/bin/gitea
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ api() {
 
 # --- Commands ---
 cmd_create() {
-  local name="" private=false description=""
+  local name="" private=true description=""
   while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case "$1" in
       --private|-p)  private=true; shift ;;