diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 118758a1..6d45635e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ flowbite
 gallery/*
 tailwind
 whoosh_index
+databases/django
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a43ca451..ee292186 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - django-homepage
     volumes:
-      - files-volume:/usr/src/app/files
+      - ./files:/usr/src/app/files
       - ./gallery:/usr/src/app/files/uploads/gallery
       - ./assets:/usr/src/app/assets:ro
     networks:
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ services:
       MYSQL_CHARSET: utf8
       MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "yes"
     volumes:
-      - mysql-volume:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
+      - ./inits/django:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
+      - ./databases/django:/var/lib/mysql:Z
     networks:
       - django-db-network
     healthcheck:
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ services:
       MYSQL_CHARSET: utf8
       MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "yes"
     volumes:
-      - etherpad-mysql-volume:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
+      - ./init/etherpad:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
+      - ./databases/etherpad:/var/lib/mysql:Z
     networks:
       - etherpad-db-network
     healthcheck: