diff --git a/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go b/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
index f96e81375aec84..ee34038c41c6f1 100644
--- a/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
+++ b/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ func (ws *GitInitializer) Run(ctx context.Context, mappings []archive.IDMapping)
 	}
 
 	// https://github.blog/2019-11-03-highlights-from-git-2-24/
-	err = ws.Git(ctx, "config", "feature.manyFiles", "true")
+	err = ws.Git(ctx, "config", "--global", "feature.manyFiles", "true")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Error("cannot configure feature.manyFiles")
 	}
 
 	// commit-graph after every git fetch command that downloads a pack-file from a remote
-	err = ws.Git(ctx, "config", "fetch.writeCommitGraph", "true")
+	err = ws.Git(ctx, "config", "--global", "fetch.writeCommitGraph", "true")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Error("cannot configure fetch.writeCommitGraph")
 	}