diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index c0fac51..0f69a22 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 heatmaps
+db
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a7d6a15..bd34fd2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ config/*
 ogndevices
 
 heatmaps
+
+db
diff --git a/db.dockerfile b/db.dockerfile
index 332aefa..4d03786 100644
--- a/db.dockerfile
+++ b/db.dockerfile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 FROM postgres
 COPY misc/database/tables/* /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
+VOLUME /var/lib/postgresql/data
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2935581..fa3b770 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -73,3 +73,5 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_USER: root
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: foobar
       POSTGRES_DB: trackdirect
+    volumes:
+      - $PWD/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data