diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 59e2d64..63cfae0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -175,4 +175,4 @@ dist
 .DS_Store
 
 dist
-db/users.db
+data
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f08ba42..360de37 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ RUN cd /temp/prod && bun install --frozen-lockfile --production
 FROM base AS release
 COPY --from=build /temp/prod/. .
 RUN chown -R bun:bun .
+RUN mkdir data && chown -R bun:bun data
 
 # run the app
 USER bun
diff --git a/db/index.ts b/db/index.ts
index 59382a1..eda2a5f 100644
--- a/db/index.ts
+++ b/db/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Database } from "bun:sqlite";
 import { migrate } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sqlite/migrator";
 
 
-const sqlite = new Database("db/users.db");
+const sqlite = new Database("data/users.db");
 const db = drizzle(sqlite);
 await migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: "./drizzle" });
 export { db };
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diff --git a/db/migrate.ts b/db/migrate.ts
index 9e143e5..c297dc8 100644
--- a/db/migrate.ts
+++ b/db/migrate.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import { migrate } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sqlite/migrator";
 import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sqlite";
 import { Database } from "bun:sqlite";
 
-const sqlite = new Database("db/users.db");
+const sqlite = new Database("data/users.db");
 const db = drizzle(sqlite);
 await migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: "./drizzle", migrationsSchema: "./db/schema.ts", migrationsTable: "users" });
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