diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8750b4e..f9f4d54 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ COPY . /src/techrec
 RUN groupadd -g ${hostgid} techrec \
     && useradd -g techrec -u ${hostuid} -m techrec \
     && mkdir -p /src/techrec \
+    && mkdir -p /src/db \
     && chown -R techrec:techrec /src \
     && apt-get -qq update \
     && apt-get install -qq -y ffmpeg \
@@ -24,5 +25,8 @@ RUN python -m venv ./venv \
     && ./venv/bin/python -m pip install wheel \
  && ./venv/bin/python -m pip install -e ./techrec
 
+VOLUME ["/src/db"]
+EXPOSE 8000
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/src/venv/bin/techrec"]
 CMD ["-vv", "serve"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 77f5363..42923c5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ services:
       - .:/src/techrec
       - rec:/rec
       - ./docker/output:/src/output
+      - db:/src/db
     ports:
       - 8000:8000
     depends_on:
@@ -45,3 +46,4 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   rec:
+  db:
diff --git a/docker/config.py b/docker/config.py
index 9b2a57f..c137766 100644
--- a/docker/config.py
+++ b/docker/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+DB_URI = "sqlite:////src/db/techrec.db"
 AUDIO_INPUT = "http://storage"
 # decomment this if you want to test with local audio source
 # AUDIO_INPUT = "/rec"
diff --git a/techrec/db.py b/techrec/db.py
index 9e2833e..93b6e8c 100644
--- a/techrec/db.py
+++ b/techrec/db.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ class RecDB:
         self.log = logging.getLogger(name=self.__class__.__name__)
 
         logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.engine").setLevel(logging.FATAL)
-        logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.engine.base.Engine").setLevel(logging.FATAL)
+        logging.getLogger(
+            "sqlalchemy.engine.base.Engine").setLevel(logging.FATAL)
         logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.dialects").setLevel(logging.FATAL)
         logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.pool").setLevel(logging.FATAL)
         logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.orm").setLevel(logging.FATAL)