diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index c55cfbe..5ea439d 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .github
 .next
 node_modules
+pgdata
 .dockerignore
 .env
 .env.example
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ab1433..c38cd47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-
 /node_modules
 
+/pgdata
+
 # next.js
 /.next/
 /out/
diff --git a/dev-db.yml b/dev-db.yml
index 370f14a..3562e09 100644
--- a/dev-db.yml
+++ b/dev-db.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
+    volumes:
+      - ./pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=dev
       - POSTGRES_USER=dev
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e64c9a7..b138298 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ services:
     image: postgres:16.4
     container_name: linker-postgres
     restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - ./pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=${PG_USER}
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PG_PASSWORD}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12e7747..de30a2a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
     "version": "0.1.0",
     "private": true,
     "scripts": {
-        "container": "pnpm db:migrate && pnpm start",
-        "container:build": "pnpm run build && pnpm db:migrate && pnpm start",
         "dev": "next dev --turbopack",
         "build": "next build",
         "start": "next start",
@@ -15,7 +13,9 @@
         "db:studio": "drizzle-kit studio",
         "db:push": "drizzle-kit push",
         "db:up": "docker compose -f dev-db.yml up -d",
-        "db:down": "docker compose -f dev-db.yml down"
+        "db:down": "docker compose -f dev-db.yml down",
+        "container": "pnpm db:migrate && pnpm start",
+        "container:build": "pnpm run build && pnpm db:migrate && pnpm start"
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@hookform/resolvers": "^5.1.1",