diff --git a/pizzicore/docker-compose.yaml b/pizzicore/docker-compose.yaml
index 811aa62..8c1721b 100644
--- a/pizzicore/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/pizzicore/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@ services:
     # XXX: prima o poi servirà una qualche /var/lib/ in cui tenere il contatore
     volumes:
         - .:/src/
+        - lib:/var/lib/pizzicore/
     ports:
       - 8000:8000
+volumes:
+    lib:
diff --git a/pizzicore/pizzicore.py b/pizzicore/pizzicore.py
index c5b06bf..30539b1 100644
--- a/pizzicore/pizzicore.py
+++ b/pizzicore/pizzicore.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import secrets
+import dbm
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from asyncio.queues import Queue
@@ -30,7 +31,22 @@ class BaseStore:
         return value
 
 
-class SignalStore:
+class PersistStoreMixin:
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.db_path = kwargs.pop("db_path")
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        with dbm.open(self.db_path, "c") as db:
+            for key in db.keys():
+                self.values[int(key)] = int(db[key])
+
+    def set(self, key, value: int) -> int:
+        ret = super().set(key, value)
+        with dbm.open(self.db_path, "w") as db:
+            db[str(key)] = str(value)
+        return ret
+
+
+class SignalStoreMixin:
     """make any BaseStore manager-aware"""
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -44,7 +60,7 @@ class SignalStore:
         return ret
 
 
-class Store(SignalStore, BaseStore):
+class Store(SignalStoreMixin, PersistStoreMixin, BaseStore):
     pass
 
 
@@ -70,7 +86,9 @@ class Manager:
 
 app = FastAPI()
 manager = Manager()
-counter_store = Store(n=1, manager=manager)  # XXX: pesca da file di conf
+counter_store = Store(
+    n=1, db_path="/var/lib/pizzicore/pizzicore.dbm", manager=manager
+)  # XXX: pesca da file di conf
 security = HTTPBasic()