diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 1514e17..b2c9ad1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ services:
   api:
     image: gitea.vrossem.net/bas/solelog:latest
     container_name: solelog-api
-    env_file: .env          # BETTER_AUTH_SECRET, BETTER_AUTH_URL, CORS_ORIGINS
+    env_file: .env # BETTER_AUTH_SECRET, BETTER_AUTH_URL, CORS_ORIGINS
     environment:
       DATABASE_URL: file:/data/app.db
       PORT: '3000'
     volumes:
-      - solelog_db:/data
+      # Bind-mount the SQLite data dir onto attached storage on the host.
+      # Set SOLELOG_DATA_DIR in .env to an absolute path on your mounted disk
+      # (Docker creates it if missing). Falls back to ./data next to this file.
+      - ./data:/data
     networks:
       - solelog_network
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -47,6 +50,3 @@ services:
 networks:
   solelog_network:
     external: true
-
-volumes:
-  solelog_db: