diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de2db1f..c0fe9d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ worktrees/
 htmlcov/
 creds.txt
 .tmp_mig.db
-.tmp_pytest
\ No newline at end of file
+.tmp_pytest
+db/
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6b3d30c..446db60 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
       MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpass
     ports:
       - "3306:3306"
+    volumes:
+      - ./db:/var/lib/mysql
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "mariadb-admin", "ping", "-h", "localhost", "-uroot", "-prootpass"]
       interval: 5s