diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 408aa63..00cee71 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ WORKDIR	/usr/local/app
 COPY server/requirements.txt ./
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-COPY server/python_server.py
+COPY server/python_server.py ./python_server.py
+
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-RUN useradd app
+RUN useradd app && mkdir /data && touch /data/location.db && chown -R app /dataa
+VOLUME /data
+
 USER app
 
 CMD  ["gunicorn", "-w", "4", "python_server:app", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8080"]
diff --git a/server/python_server.py b/server/python_server.py
index ddc35ab..f6a1dc6 100644
--- a/server/python_server.py
+++ b/server/python_server.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ app = Flask(__name__)
 
 bear_correction = False
 
-with sqlite3.connect('location.db', check_same_thread=False) as conn:
+with sqlite3.connect('/data/location.db', check_same_thread=False) as conn:
     cur = conn.cursor()
 
     cur.execute("""CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS location_data (