diff --git a/conf.example.yml b/conf.example.yml
index 7745d3d..415e5e3 100644
--- a/conf.example.yml
+++ b/conf.example.yml
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ destination:
       user: some-name # can be a user or an organization, it must exist on the system
       url: http(s)://url-to-gitea
       createorg: true # creates an organization if it doesn't exist already, if no user is set it creates an organization with the name of the original author
+      mirrorinterval: 2h0m0s # interval to pull changes from source repo
       visibility:
         repositories: private # private, public, default: private
         organizations: private # private, limited, public, default: private
diff --git a/gitea/gitea.go b/gitea/gitea.go
index 7e38382..b59b641 100644
--- a/gitea/gitea.go
+++ b/gitea/gitea.go
@@ -100,27 +100,29 @@ func Backup(r types.Repo, d types.GenRepo, dry bool) bool {
 	repo, _, err := giteaclient.GetRepo(user.UserName, r.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		opts := gitea.MigrateRepoOption{
-			RepoName:    r.Name,
-			RepoOwner:   user.UserName,
-			Mirror:      true,
-			CloneAddr:   r.URL,
-			AuthToken:   r.Token,
-			Wiki:        r.Origin.Wiki,
-			Private:     repovisibility,
-			Description: r.Description,
+			RepoName:       r.Name,
+			RepoOwner:      user.UserName,
+			Mirror:         true,
+			CloneAddr:      r.URL,
+			AuthToken:      r.Token,
+			Wiki:           r.Origin.Wiki,
+			Private:        repovisibility,
+			Description:    r.Description,
+			MirrorInterval: d.MirrorInterval,
 		}
 
 		if r.Token == "" {
 			opts = gitea.MigrateRepoOption{
-				RepoName:     r.Name,
-				RepoOwner:    user.UserName,
-				Mirror:       true,
-				CloneAddr:    r.URL,
-				AuthUsername: r.Origin.User,
-				AuthPassword: r.Origin.Password,
-				Wiki:         r.Origin.Wiki,
-				Private:      repovisibility,
-				Description:  r.Description,
+				RepoName:       r.Name,
+				RepoOwner:      user.UserName,
+				Mirror:         true,
+				CloneAddr:      r.URL,
+				AuthUsername:   r.Origin.User,
+				AuthPassword:   r.Origin.Password,
+				Wiki:           r.Origin.Wiki,
+				Private:        repovisibility,
+				Description:    r.Description,
+				MirrorInterval: d.MirrorInterval,
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -130,6 +132,17 @@ func Backup(r types.Repo, d types.GenRepo, dry bool) bool {
 				Str("stage", "gitea").
 				Str("url", d.URL).
 				Msg(err.Error())
+			log.Info().
+				Str("stage", "gitea").
+				Str("url", d.URL).
+				Msgf("deleting %s again", types.Blue(r.Name))
+			_, err = giteaclient.DeleteRepo(user.UserName, r.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error().
+					Str("stage", "gitea").
+					Str("url", d.URL).
+					Msgf("couldn't delete %s!", types.Red(r.Name))
+			}
 			return false
 		}
 
diff --git a/gogs/gogs.go b/gogs/gogs.go
index 19a316a..61eed22 100644
--- a/gogs/gogs.go
+++ b/gogs/gogs.go
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ func Backup(r types.Repo, d types.GenRepo, dry bool) bool {
 				Str("stage", "gogs").
 				Str("url", d.URL).
 				Msg(err.Error())
+			log.Info().
+				Str("stage", "gogs").
+				Str("url", d.URL).
+				Msgf("deleting %s again", types.Blue(r.Name))
+			err = gogsclient.DeleteRepo(user.UserName, r.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error().
+					Str("stage", "gogs").
+					Str("url", d.URL).
+					Msgf("couldn't delete %s!", types.Red(r.Name))
+			}
 			return false
 		}
 
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index 7ada8d1..bf2a55c 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -228,26 +228,27 @@ func (source Source) Count() int {
 
 // GenRepo Generell Repo.
 type GenRepo struct {
-	Token        string     `yaml:"token"`
-	TokenFile    string     `yaml:"token_file"`
-	User         string     `yaml:"user"`
-	Organization string     `yaml:"organization"`
-	SSH          bool       `yaml:"ssh"`
-	SSHKey       string     `yaml:"sshkey"`
-	Username     string     `yaml:"username"`
-	Password     string     `yaml:"password"`
-	URL          string     `yaml:"url"`
-	Exclude      []string   `yaml:"exclude"`
-	ExcludeOrgs  []string   `yaml:"excludeorgs"`
-	Include      []string   `yaml:"include"`
-	IncludeOrgs  []string   `yaml:"includeorgs"`
-	Wiki         bool       `yaml:"wiki"`
-	Starred      bool       `yaml:"starred"`
-	CreateOrg    bool       `yaml:"createorg"`
-	Visibility   Visibility `yaml:"visibility"`
-	Filter       Filter     `yaml:"filter"`
-	Force        bool       `yaml:"force"`
-	Contributed  bool       `yaml:"contributed"`
+	Token          string     `yaml:"token"`
+	TokenFile      string     `yaml:"token_file"`
+	User           string     `yaml:"user"`
+	Organization   string     `yaml:"organization"`
+	SSH            bool       `yaml:"ssh"`
+	SSHKey         string     `yaml:"sshkey"`
+	Username       string     `yaml:"username"`
+	Password       string     `yaml:"password"`
+	URL            string     `yaml:"url"`
+	Exclude        []string   `yaml:"exclude"`
+	ExcludeOrgs    []string   `yaml:"excludeorgs"`
+	Include        []string   `yaml:"include"`
+	IncludeOrgs    []string   `yaml:"includeorgs"`
+	Wiki           bool       `yaml:"wiki"`
+	Starred        bool       `yaml:"starred"`
+	CreateOrg      bool       `yaml:"createorg"`
+	Visibility     Visibility `yaml:"visibility"`
+	Filter         Filter     `yaml:"filter"`
+	Force          bool       `yaml:"force"`
+	Contributed    bool       `yaml:"contributed"`
+	MirrorInterval string     `yaml:"mirrorinterval"`
 }
 
 // Visibility struct