diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3ae298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+data/*
+.env
+docker-compose.override.yml
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c411379..bebd56b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
       - DB_USERNAME
       - DB_PASSWORD
     volumes:
-      - '/path/to/directory:/config'
+      - '${APP_DATA_DIR:-./data}/config:/config'
     image: 'ghcr.io/alexjustesen/speedtest-tracker:latest'
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
@@ -30,6 +30,4 @@ services:
       - MARIADB_PASSWORD
       - MARIADB_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD
     volumes:
-      - speedtest-db:/var/lib/mysql
-volumes:
-  speedtest-db:
+      - ${APP_DATA_DIR:-./data}:/var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/env.sample b/env.sample
index 142bca7..64de7f1 100644
--- a/env.sample
+++ b/env.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # general
 COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=speedtest-tracker
-DATA_DIR_PATH=./data
+APP_DATA_DIR=./data
 
 # speedtest tracker
 PUID=1000