diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d64d5cc..a3dd5cc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ yarn-error.log
 # Build output
 /.next/
 /out/
+/dist/
 
 # IDE/Editor specific
 .vscode/
@@ -31,4 +32,7 @@ logs/
 
 # Miscellaneous
 .DS_Store
-Thumbs.db
\ No newline at end of file
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Db
+db.sqlite
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend.dockerfile b/backend.dockerfile
index 47c5d81..5e482cd 100644
--- a/backend.dockerfile
+++ b/backend.dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:buster-slim
+FROM nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.12-nodejs20-bullseye
 
 ARG SEARXNG_API_URL
 
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ WORKDIR /home/perplexica
 COPY src /home/perplexica/src
 COPY tsconfig.json /home/perplexica/
 COPY config.toml /home/perplexica/
+COPY drizzle.config.ts /home/perplexica/
 COPY package.json /home/perplexica/
 COPY yarn.lock /home/perplexica/
 
 RUN sed -i "s|SEARXNG = \".*\"|SEARXNG = \"${SEARXNG_API_URL}\"|g" /home/perplexica/config.toml
 
+RUN mkdir /home/perplexica/data
+
 RUN yarn install
 RUN yarn build
 
diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b7ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 786ecdd..d6f9203 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ services:
       - searxng
     ports:
       - 3001:3001
+    volumes:
+      - backend-dbstore:/home/perplexica/data
     extra_hosts:
-      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+      - 'host.docker.internal:host-gateway'
     networks:
       - perplexica-network
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -42,3 +44,6 @@ services:
 
 networks:
   perplexica-network:
+
+volumes:
+  backend-dbstore: